Isis's advance is said to have alarmed the Syrian government, which has allegedly refrained from targeting the jihadist group because of the damage it has caused to more moderate rebel forces.
As a Mormon, Flowers has always refrained from drugs, but he does smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol, both frowned on by the religion.
The mainstream media has largely refrained from publishing caricatures of Sisi a surprise, given the pervasiveness of cartoon attacks on Morsi and on Hosni Mubarak, at least during the final years of his three-decade rule.
He was quickly replaced by Brian Grazer, a veteran film producer who has largely refrained from public discussion of his plans for the show, in an effort to preserve some surprise in the proceedings.
The mainstream media has largely refrained from publishing caricatures of Sisi — a surprise, given the pervasiveness of cartoon attacks on Morsi and on Hosni Mubarak, at least during the final years of his three-decade rule.
For the past twenty years, the C.D.C. has largely refrained from investigating gun deaths as a public-health issue; although the agency tracks them, it was forbidden by Congress, in 1996, from spending money to "advocate or promote gun control," and the effects of that measure have lingered.
He said that to date the agency has "largely refrained" from regulating the industry.
Schumer has largely refrained from operating too visibly on behalf of the banks in the swipe fee fight.
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb). has openly entertained supporting a third-party candidate, and fellow GOP lawmakers Susan Collins (Maine), Jeff Flake (Ariz). and Lindsey Graham (S.C). have all refrained from endorsing Trump, suggesting they have been deeply unsettled by Trump's beliefs and behavior.
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Until then, the government had conspicuously refrained from cracking down.
