Because he tells his tale solely from the perspective of High Command (anyone under the exalted rank of general barely figures in this book), Melvin forgoes presenting a vivid, jolting narrative in which colossal tank armies clash amid the bloody hellfires of Russia.
Last year, it raised $965,000 by asking people with September birthdays to forgo presents and instead solicit cash to build wells in Ethiopia.
The centers, the coalition said, try to frighten women into forgoing abortions by presenting them with misleading statistics about the hazards of abortion and showing them slides and pamphlets with pictures of dead fetuses.
He was always a class act, and as he stands on stage forgoing his guitar, passionately presenting his songs with intense capacity, it is a spellbinding concert experience.
It's as if a couple, exhausted by years of bickering and distrust, has decided that the key to fixing its troubled marriage is to promise to never go to the movies again, forgo presents and dessert, and ditch cuddling as a timesuck that distracts from standing on the street selling the wedding presents.
The United States government asked him to convert his toymaking shop into a munitions factory for the war effort, and Gilbert became a key American propagandist, urging parents to forgo Christmas presents and buy war bonds instead.
While I'm not saying to forgo all presents I am saying that there are other ways to engage children on the holidays.
Sometimes, boys decide to forgo receiving presents on their Bar Mitzvah, and instead, have their guests send money gifts to their favorite charity or cause.
"Larger businesses may be resistant about forgoing their present way of doing things which, while not as creative, are attracting healthy profits that can be projected on a map," says De Pree.
In this time of energy uncertainty, it is essential that New York and the country not forgo the opportunity presented by natural gas from shale.
