But she refrained from taking the logical next step of calling for an increase in the overall annual visa cap.

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Syria said the strike targeted a military research facility and vowed retaliation, but has so far refrained from any response.

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But they have so far refrained from calling on the ECB to do anything about it.

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Bronfman calls the sale "a sad time" but says he's refrained from reading the numerous books about the episode.

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But in the past Israel had refrained from hitting targets inside Syria.

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By unspoken agreement, reporters had refrained from approaching him, but it was a chance that seemed unlikely to come again.

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But would it be better, if popes refrained from interceding on such highly-charged secular matters?

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But there is another reason why he has refrained from trumpeting his rethink of Vietnam.

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The German government has so far refrained from banning such things, but hopes that companies can come up with a publicly acceptable code of conduct.

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The Vikings so far have refrained from any talk of leaving the state, but even the possibility unsettles many fans.

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But the Israeli leader - who also came under pressure to rein in Israeli settlement-building - refrained from endorsing the idea.

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