Word: shuns
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...maximum in ten states, 7% in six) divert funds elsewhere. Only Government-backed mortgages, less than a fifth of the total, can be readily traded among investors. The 6% interest ceiling on FHA and VA loans, handiwork of the congressional easy-money bloc, not only makes some investors shun them but also gives rise to the unwelcome system of "discounts" to lift yields. Mortgages' cumbersome complexity keeps their interest cost to home buyers higher than need...
...felony. The rule raises a substantial moral question: Is it proper to take the life of a fleeing felon who, if caught, tried and convicted, could not be executed?" Answering his own question, Leary has just promulgated a new department rule that requires his 28,000 policemen to shun guns unless a felony suspect "has himself escalated matters by using or threatening deadly or other serious force." Adds Leary: "We must do more to explore and develop non-deadly weapons. The gun is not the way to prevent most crime...
Concert band has never been anyone's favorite musical medium. Composers shun it, music majors sneer at it, and conductors aspire to higher things. Plagued by a limited repertoire and a not-too-sophisticated audience, bands are usually reduced to playing Sousa marches and arrangements of the prelude to the second act of Lohengrin...
...what are they after? What do they want to get out of spreading the Word? There is no doubt that one thing they want is a better world, and they want that sincerely. Political power they shun for the time being, but they realize that Sing-Out, mobilized behind some party or candidate, could be a fantastic force. Right-wing discontent, the search for simple answers to complex problems, and the American tradition of evangelism all make MRA frightening appealing...
While Castello Branco is at heart a homebody who prefers to shun the limelight, Costa is an ebullient man about town who loves to put a few cruzeiros on his favorite horse, chat with attractive women and tell amusing stories on himself. Last week, as the two men marched up the aisle of Brasilia's Chamber of Deputies building for the swearing-in, a grim Castello Branco looked straight ahead; Costa, relaxed and enjoying himself, threw genial glances to friends and relatives. After the oath of office, Castello Branco stiffly shook hands with Costa's wife, lolanda; Costa...