Word: abandon
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...October 25, after Browder had been indicted in New York, Greene wrote to the Society that their application was "in order," but considering the circumstances that had arisen because of the Browder indictment, Greene suggested that the Society abandon their plans "lest questions of propriety should be raised...
...This Army of ours . . . still has the amateur spirit, which is deep in our character as a nation, or perhaps is a pose belonging to a tradition that we are loath to abandon. I cannot imagine the German Army behaving in the same informal, humorous...
Observers pronounced the workout as the best of the year for the Harlowmen, and some of the gloom hanging over the Crimson gridiron camp lifted. Darkness and a heavy mist didn't dampen spirits as the Varsity ran through their plays with reckless abandon...
Last week citizens of little Honesdale, scene of the historic sendoff, heard sad news. Because passenger revenue has fallen off sharply, Erie Railroad will shortly abandon its Honesdale branch, leaving the town without passenger train service for the first time in nearly 75 years...
...Actium, in 31 B. C., while spellbound land forces stopped fighting to watch, Octavian's Roman fleet struck the Eastern fleet of Antony and Cleopatra, until Antony's soldiers saw their leader abandon the fight, sail off with the Egyptian queen...