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The author explicitly refrains from examples of nomination, in code names, code-numbered names, anonyms, pet names, name-changing, and other onomastic oddities in this material (p. 285).
The Wheats and LaHaye offer finely wrought anatomical diagrams, exhortations to married couples to communicate, reminders to "observe daily hygiene habits," and constant refrains about making sure to satisfy your partner.
Get down , however, besides meaning to alight, also refers to loosening up or having sex (from get down to it ), as in the refrains of so many funk songs from the 1970's.
But Dowd refrains from any pontification on the conflict-of-interest; she trusts her readers to spot a moral problem when they see one.
The interviewer notably refrains from asking any hard questions about, say, the 200,000 Ugandans thought to have died under Amin's rule.