Word: abandons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Aside from gaining a couple pounds and a few wrinkles, Plant lost about an octave off his upper range, avoiding the higher notes in " and "Since I've Been Loving You." Page, however, showed no musical wrinkles and attacked each guitar solo with reckless abandon...
...same time, we must fault GESO leaders for disrupting their commitment to academics in an attempt to take a few hundred dollars more from the university. GESO members must abandon the illusion that they are merely salaried laborers at their university...
Senate Democrats flexed their muscles and forced Republican colleagues to abandon an effort to overturn President Clinton's striker-protection order. The directive bars federal agencies from doing business with companies that hire permanent replacement workers during a strike. Opponents fell two votes short of stopping a Democratic filibuster...
...century of narrowing inequality, Reagan-Bush policies pushed America towards even greater economic disparity. If the Republicans again succeed in limiting the government's already feeble attempts to empower the disadvantaged, the resulting misery and unrest may destroy American society. The American people cannot afford to let the government abandon its obligations...
...PRIVATE: This is a variation on the Heritage Foundation idea, but one that would not allow younger and more affluent workers to abandon the system altogether. The basic concept: require workers to place part but not all of their Social Security contribution into a system of mandatory iras. The funds' managers, selected by the government for integrity and competence, would invest the money in corporate stocks and bonds. In most versions, workers would get to choose funds that pursued very conservative or more adventuresome investment strategies...