Word: refraining
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...trouble is that the Russians can arrange a revolution in less time than a newspaper can go to press,--they are faster than the Mexicans. So we give up, and until definite news has reached us that one party is in power at least twenty-four hours, we shall refrain from posting the Russian score. The main difficulty in attempting to be a military critic of Russian affairs comes from the fact that when the report reaches us that Kerensky is marching upon Petrograd with 200,000 men we never are quite certain whether the army is being...
...previous classes during three changing centuries, the College gives greeting. With the greeting, those who are not the College, but, being upper classmen, think they are the College, might give advice, since advice is always expected. But again, since advice is never heeded, they will refrain...
Knowing that addition of advice makes for subtraction of wit, in spite of the strong yearnings of the counsellor, we shall refrain from making the usual comments, surpassing the usual exhortations, or triplicating the usual golden prophecies...
...considering the organization of a system for establishing and maintaining world peace, we must refrain from over idealization; although we look to an ideal to which our proposed system aims to attain, our principal attention must be focused on the factors to be considered at the birth and during the infancy of our system...
...entire company engages in a battle with the audience with paper oranges as ammunition. In "Follow the Cook," Trixie Fringaza shows how much "music" a stove covered with suitable pots and pans can yield. The music as a whole is lively and gay, with a rythm and refrain not easily lost. "Canary Cottage" and "I Never Knew" are the real game of the piece and keep you whistling in spite of yourself...