Word: refraining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After a hapless ballad, "I Just Found Out," Gordon presents the two best tunes on the album. In "All By Myself," a stomper in the best rockabilly tradition, Gordon throttles his voice in syncopation to the insistent beat while "The Three R's" echo the refrain. "Black Slacks," a two- minute tribute to sartorial splendor, careens like Ben Hur's chariot. It's sort of like "Tutti Frutti." Gordon sings...
...began his commencement address last week at Boston University, Senator Edward Kennedy announced that he was going to refrain from needling any presidents, either Jimmy Carter, whom he has criticized frequently, or the controversial John Silber, head of the university. "It is hard enough being a president these days. At least that is what I am told," bellowed the senior Senator from Massachusetts. "I, of course, don't have any firsthand experience at it." He paused a few seconds as the silent audience waited. Then he added what they all suspected he would: "Yet!" The crowd erupted with...
...instructive to notice the stand the Harvard Corporation has taken on this issue. After reading President Bok's four open letters on the role of the university, one might expect that the Corporation would at least remain neutral. One would expect that at the very least the Corporation would refrain from supporting Ian Smith. However, this is not the case...
Yale had called on Morgan and its main subsidiary. Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., to refrain from making any loans to the South African government...
...That old refrain about the glory of Islamic contributions to world civilization during the Middle Ages [April 16] is getting tiresome. What have they given the world since then? It doesn't wash! No, the retrogression has been pronounced for 700 years, and your kindness to Islam as a civilizing faith is not warranted by recent events...