He even refrains from attending scientific conferences, preferring to stay out of the limelight and in his laboratory.
Orr went on to apologize to "Smart, Oklahoma State, Tubby Smith, and the Texas Tech Men's basketball program," and agreed to refrain from attending any more Texas Tech games this season.
The University of Illinois recently came under fire for urging its employees to refrain from attending political rallies and from displaying campaign bumper stickers on campus.
This year, to add further insult, most Western leaders have refrained from attending the celebration, a decision that many Russians will see as confirmation of their continued struggle against the West.
However, Brahimi and officials traveling with the government delegation said the top members had refrained from attending Saturday's sessions only because the head of the opposition's delegation, Ahmad al-Jarba, also did not attend.
An important distinction must be made, however, that in matters of public worship it was only in the Temple, not the synagogue, that considerations of cleanness applied; thus, no one would refrain from attending or participating in synagogue worship by reason of having contracted uncleanness.
In later years, Levitt, always fiercely defensive of her private life, refrained from attending launches of her work or giving interviews about it - although she did emerge to speak to the New York Times in 2002, and seemed as curious as ever about the world outside.
I chose to minimize my involvement with unnecessary activities and refrain from attending many high-profile functions.
Religion may command that believers dress in a certain way (what Peter Jones calls an "intrinsic burden"), not that believers refrain from attending school or going to work (Jones 1994).
One diplomat said his embassy's letter from the Chinese embassy requested obliquely that they "refrain from attending any activity directed against China".
