Word: refraining
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...Harvard students need to be surrounded by communities where not only diversity, but also cooperation, social integration and communication across class barriers is a reality. Where social conditions are concerned, Harvard's students will benefit from Cambridge's strengths. I believe that it is the University's responsibility to refrain from unnecessarily destructive decisions. --Jennifer A. Fraulo...
...above adopted exactly this policy. Religious discrimination is paying several hundred dollars for a Christmas tree and then pleading bankruptcy when funds are requested for other religious activities. (This actually happened several years ago in Winthrop House.) If a house cannot commit to funding all celebrations, then they should refrain from sponsoring...
...their 401(k) statements and note if they are consistently late or come at irregular intervals. Other possible trouble signs, he observes, range from sharp drops in balances to frequent and unexplained changes in investment managers or consultants. "When employers know that employees are watching," Reich says, "they might refrain from certain temptations...
...addition to psychological and physical exams, the subject must agree to certain conditions, which Jayne admits are daunting--especially for college students. During the three weeks prior to the entering the lab, a subject must refrain from having caffeine and must agree to go to bed and wake up within half an hour of the same time...
Suppose I believe that human beings are not entitled to any natural rights that I must refrain from violating. Why must I be forced to accept the majority belief that human beings possess certain natural rights that deserve to be respected and protected by law? How can this tenet be forced upon me? Isn't our system designed to protect individuals like me who possess unpopular views and who want to live according to those views...