Word: abandon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Another surprise was the way Cooney Weiland handled his second and third lines. The coach shuffled his personnel with greater abandon than Casey Stengel, having Les Duncan, Bob Anderson, Greg Downes, Crocker Snow and Dick Reilly at center at one time or another. The trio that was the most successful, however, was Duncan, Collins and Paul Kelley...
Agreement was reached on the key financial points: 1) Britain would unfreeze Nasser's $210 million sterling balances; 2) Egypt would turn back $87 million of them to pay for British properties seized at the time of the Suez landings; 3) Cairo would abandon its bill against Britain for Suez war damage, and the British would waive their claims for equipment seized by the Egyptians from the once great British base at Suez...
...free Berlin," which would then be isolated no miles inside the Iron Curtain. The obligation to protect the freedom of more than 2,000,000 West Berliners, the notes said, "is a right and responsibility solemnly accepted by the three Western powers." But, they added, if Khrushchev will abandon the "menace" of his six-month timetable, the three would be ready to discuss Berlin's status as part of a larger German settlement involving free elections and reunification...
...thirds majority of those present after two days of debate, or by a simple majority of those present after fifteen days. The anti-filibuster drive is headed primarily by men who fear the power of Southern conservatives in blocking civil rights legislation and who are willing to abandon a long-standing Senate tradition of talkativeness to achieve their civil rights objectives...
...since it owns 14% of the agency's stock. Second largest stockholder (12.6%) is the Pennsylvania Railroad, which is also considering pulling out. If the Pennsy decides to do so, Western railroad officials concede that they will not be able to support the agency alone, will have to abandon...