Word: refraining
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...crew yesterday morning began the three-week job of enforcing the University regulation which states: "Occupants of the dormitories will refrain from driving nails, screws, and thumbtacks into the walls, and using scotch tape on the walls...
...Mitchell logged a corrected time of 28 hr. 14 min. 39 sec. to win the 184-mile sail from Miami to Nassau, B.W.I. Victor in 25 of the 40 races he has entered, Skipper Mitchell decided to ease off the wind, announced that after one more effort he will refrain from racing for a while...
...forefront of the attack were some Catholic groups, unshakably opposed to Tito as an old-line Communist and enemy of the church. The Knights of Columbus called on Ike to "refrain" from extending an invitation. In heavily Catholic Massachusetts, the house of representatives in a protest resolution said that an invitation to Tito "would be an act of subservience." In predominantly Protestant Washington State, the state senate resolved that Tito's visit would be "a rebuff to the brave Hungarian and Polish people who are resisting Communist pressures." The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars took similar...
...favorite maxims: "Hard work never killed a healthy man." Unpuffingly shoveling snow piled behind his Beacon Street office, Dr. White advised all healthy folks to take exercise in keeping with their age and general physical tone, build up to exertion slowly if they're soft, certainly not refrain from snow shoveling if their only ailment is just being 70. Said the doctor with some concern: "We are already becoming a soft race dependent on gadgets which are not likely to protect our youth from the chief hazards of tomorrow...
Although the group is organized "exclusively for scientific and educational purposes," it will not refrain from attempts at propaganda and influencing legislation. The corporation's charter states, however, that no "substantial part" of its activities shall be devoted to this end. It is also understood that the corporation will not concern itself with construction of hospitals or schools...