Even the Bush administration is not critical of the coalition as an organization and has refrained from classifying as terrorists the more militant opposition parties in the consortium that some coalition leaders helped establish.
Although Mr. Morales's subsequent nationalization of Bolivia's natural-gas reserves and his close alliance with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez are not winning him any friends north of the Rio Grande, he as yet has refrained from parading foreign diplomats on donkeys through La Paz [18].
Rahul Gandhi has long been seen as a prime-minister-in-waiting but the Congress has refrained from naming him as its candidate.
During this summer's Olympic Games, Britain's first medal was won by distance road cyclist Lizzie Armitstead, who has refrained from "eating corpses", as she puts it, since age 10.
China could easily block the flow of tourists, but has refrained from doing so as its local economies are closely tied to the lively trade and smuggling of Burmese goods through Mong La.
US president Barack Obama has refrained from describing the ousting as a coup d'état, but has said the US will review its aid policy with Egypt.
On the nuclear front, America, since dropping the bomb on Nagasaki, 65 years ago, to end World War II, has refrained from using these weapons as anything but a deterrent.
Masaaki Shirakawa, the central bank governor, has refrained from further easing since then as economic growth has appeared to gain momentum, buoyed by reconstruction demand since the tsunami disasters last year.
Rather than risk alienating the other mothers in the neighborhood, Ms. Hemerda, 30, has refrained from voicing her antiwar sentiments as they shuttle the children to and from school.
Israel regards President Assad as an enemy, but has refrained from publicly backing military action against him.
