Word: refraining
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...read to the new generation, which insisted on addressing him as tu instead of the vous his own children had been taught to use. After dinner, all hands assembled in the big, comfortable living room to sing French Canadian folk songs, with Père St. Laurent joining the refrain...
...measure a country by its attitude toward the establishment or disestablishment of the Church, as does Rome in the case of Spain, and we refuse to tie up the cause of Christ to the cause of the prevailing social class or political ideology. We finally hope that Rome will refrain from excessive indulgence toward forces of reaction and totalitarian rulers...
Student groups at Queens issued jointly a leaflet which stated, "We want public officials and professional politicians to refrain from putting political pressure on our campus...
...Affiliation with the Progressive Party was not responsible for the failure to renew the contract," Caldwell said. On the subject of Georgia's policy on the political activities of its professors, he quoted a university statute which states: "Members of the faculty should refrain from involving the university in partisan politics, futile controversies, and harmful publicity...
...girls in Martha Cook dormitory at the University of Michigan signed a pledge to refrain from "displays of affection," in the dormitory lounge...