Word: refraining
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...demonstrated the "buoyant beat" of U.S. brass bands. Recalls Putzi: "I had Hitler fairly shouting with enthusiasm. 'That's it, Hanfstaengl, that is what we need for the movement, marvelous,' and he pranced up and down the room like a drum majorette." The "Rah, rah, rah!" refrain of Harvardmen, by Putzi's account, became the thunderous "Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!" of the Brownshirt demonstrations. Storm Trooper bands blared their goose-step rhythms with a between-halves unison. Such Nazi slogans as Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer were patterned on the effective...
...flasks should return to vogue at the game Saturday, as a result of a notice in many student ticket envelopes requesting spectators to refrain from bringing alcoholic beverages to the game...
...women; in a few the witch doctor has a monopoly of the business, but usually all the wise old men get together to brew a batch. A widespread restriction is that the curare-makers shall operate in an isolated part of the forest; often they are required to refrain from sexual intercourse while a batch is being run, and women may be kept at a distance. In some tribes the work must be finished before the sun reaches the zenith (or interrupted then). Many refuse to put new curare into old bottles, insist on new containers (gourds, bamboo sections...
...said killed Pilot Murphy. The sudden switch appeared to be a belated attempt to end a storm of bad publicity. But, even in the agreement with Ernst & Co., there is an escape clause. If the attorneys break the contract "for failure of cooperation," they will "preserve professional confidence and refrain from issuing any report...
...president of the Tuskegee Civic Association, lay out a strategy for fighting back without violence. "We will buy goods and services only from those who will recognize us as first-class citizens." Then, sounding a note reminiscent of Montgomery's Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Gomillion cautioned: "Please refrain from boasting, betting or accepting bribes. Soon the time will come when they [the whites] will have to respect us. They may hate our guts, but they will respect us. We can hold out longer than they. We can form our own businesses if necessary. We will continue as long...