Word: refrains
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...satire may not bite but it nips playfully, and his comic drawl is impeccably timed. The Pause of Mr. Claus begins with a monologue spoofing the FBI, launches into a song about how Santa Claus is suspect because of his red suit and long hair, ends with the refrain: "Why do police guys beat on peace guys...
...still they take the flower as their strongest refrain...
...kind of complete disavowal which can best pave the way for an across the board restructuring of U.S. foreign policy. Humphrey for his part makes the conventional liberal analysis of American society and its ills, and offers the conventional liberal formulas to remedy them. Nixon repeats the stale Republican refrain about high taxes and excessive government spending, and suggests that the good will and resources of private enterprise can somehow substitute for government action on the problems of the cities...
...people. For a short time Dubček, who was reportedly in a state of near hysteria, considered quitting his post. But after a couple of days of recuperation, he and the others regained much of their spirit. Premier Oldrich Cernik, who had been in Moscow, implored Czechoslovaks to refrain from wry, between-the-line digs at the Soviets, adding in colloquial Czech: "What about some expressions of friendship, boys?" Similarly, Dubček conceded on television what he called "deficiencies" in his policies and termed essential the elimination of points of conflict with the Soviet Union. At the same...
Jersey Standard routinely labeled the seizure "a clear violation of international law" and asked the State Department to refrain from stepping in actively. One reason for the company's restraint was that Peru accounts for less than 1% of its total crude-oil production. The company also figures that Peru, which has to import oil to meet its needs, can ill afford to tamper with domestic oil sources. For the moment, Peru's militarists were in no mood to yield. But there is at least a chance that the junta, having scored a few political points, may eventually...