Word: refraining
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...drama puts its audiences through a workout. For him who is willing to do his part, filling in the lives of the chief characters and standing in their shoes, there is infinite pleasure. Color the piquancy of Frances Farmer, the skillful directorial use of the melodramatic cloak, the haunting refrain of the title song, and the character performances of Oscar Homolka and Barry Fitzgerald play innumerable variations on the Central theme. No matter how low a man may descend, while there is grace in his soul he need not be living in vain...
...future please refrain from calling any of our ships grimy, especially the little white fleet that patrols the Yangtze River. . . L. R. EARL...
However, there is action of another type which involves study of governmental and political problems by actual observance. This practical and first-hand experience is valuable and educative in itself, so long as the study groups refrain from taking sides on the issue involved. As a live, intellectual and worthwhile discussion group, the Harvard Chapter of the American Student Union has great potentialities, and, if it were so inclined, could become a leading force in the Yard. The student's most effective place is in the University, where he has time and opportunity to study, learn, and think; but when...
...Meanwhile native Chinese official communiques switched suddenly to a new technique of reporting the war. Instead of making the time-honored effort to fool the Chinese masses by telling them their troops were fighting bravely and that such-&-such a Chinese city would not surrender, the new Chinese newspaper refrain became: "When the Japanese capture the city they will find only ruins...
...Goldfinger but against the Ukor products he insisted on handling. Said the opinion: "Where the manufacturer disposes of the product through retailers in unity of interest with it, unless the union may follow the product to the place where it is sold and peacefully ask the public to refrain from purchasing it, the union would be deprived of a fair and proper means of bringing its plea to the attention of the public...