Word: refraining
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Boston. At the $100-a-plate dinner in Boston's Commonwealth Armory, attended by 4,200-the biggest political event of its kind ever held in Boston-George Humphrey said: "Do you remember the slogan, 'You never had it so good,' and the song with the refrain, 'Don't let them take it away'? Let me ask: Who wants to go back...
Others have not learned so fast. The CRIMSON, however, has always believed in the rationality of Harvard faculty members and offers the following suggestions for Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday courses, in firm trust that the instructors involved will refrain from holding classes on major football weekends...
...increase the self-confidence, the will to conquer, and the capabilities of the Soviet-Communist empire. Those who think otherwise would do well to review our recognition of the Soviet Government, and British recognition of the Central People's Government. The Soviet Government gave promises - to desist, to refrain, to perform and to permit. Which of its promises has the Soviet Union honored? In what respect have its Communist rulers altered their over-all objectives...
...produce. The Russians wanted to talk about formal diplomatic and economic relations between Moscow and Bonn, and to consider Germany's reunification only at the price of West Germany's withdrawal from the Western alliance. Adenauer had already agreed with the U.S., Britain and France to refrain at Moscow from any dickering on such terms. Adenauer had a slight hope that the Russians, to encourage diplomatic relations, might be persuaded to return some of the Germans still imprisoned in Russia since World War II. Beyond that, what took place at Moscow hinged on the wary testing game that...
PROXY FIGHT RULES will be tightened if the Securities and Exchange Commission can persuade Congress to give it a stronger hand as referee. SEChairman J. Sinclair Armstrong will ask for authority to require all proxy solicitors to 1) identify themselves and their backers, 2) refrain from making character attacks on opponents or predictions about earnings and dividends. SEC also wants more power to censor proxy letters, newspaper ads, press handouts, etc., before release...