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...leading to defection and the coalition's fall. To compensate for Segni's election, the coalition's left is now expected to demand that the Foreign Ministry which Segni vacates be filled from their ranks. To secure the reforms which the government promises and Italy desperately needs, they must refrain from this demand which the Christian Democratic right will view as retaliatory provocation...
Among the neutralists, India's Prime Minister Nehru told his Parliament: "I am not here to blame either party, but I beg and appeal to all the nuclear powers to refrain from these tests while the Geneva conference is on." Cairo's Algumhuria wrote: "As the world cried in panic from Soviet explosions in Moscow a year ago, it does cry in panic today from the Washington explosions...
...steel companies "are serving the public interest, and their actions will assist our common objectives of strengthening our country and our economy." But Ad ministration insiders let it be known that the Justice Department was not calling off the grand jury investigation - even though Inland's decision to refrain from raising prices, and the swift collapse of the U.S. Steel camp, would appear to demolish any argument that U.S. Steel wields monopolistic power to set prices...
...court "conservatives" unite around the doctrine of "judicial restraint"-for which the most eloquent spokesman is Felix Frankfurter, an old New Dealer appointed by Franklin Roosevelt. In brief, the doctrine holds that courts should refrain from 1) opposing the will of the people, as expressed in enactments of Congress, except where conflict with the Constitution is unmistakably clear, or 2) usurping the functions of Congress by handing down novel constitutional interpretations that in effect amount to new legislation...
...membership also decided to refrain from taking a stand on a proposed New York demonstration which would coincide with the March 7 rally of the Young Americans for Freedom at Madison Square Garden...