Word: forego
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...account of the uncertainty of the national situation the Hasty Pudding Club has cancelled the production of this year's play. For a month or more the members have given their time for daily rehearsals, and now they have been willing to see their efforts wasted, and to forego the enjoyment of the later performances. It is a patriotic move and one to be highly commended. It is a full and sufficient proof of the Pudding's worth...
...previous practice unarmed vessels carrying contraband were liable to be sunk with notice. The sole alternative is for the Germans to fire upon a vessel prepared to fight and expected to reply with force. Therefore, apparently the only thing that can obviate war is for the Germans to forego their announced purpose of sinking every merchant ship that comes within the barred zone. Short of that, armed neutrality simply brings the whole controversy down to a point where one side or the other must fire and fire first...
...rights of neutrals upon the seas cannot be established by a belligerent, but only by general understanding and consent." Hence, if a belligerent takes it upon itself to abrogate the laws of war, which have been established by "general understanding and consent," it is the duty of neutrals to forego their rights. Of course it is an "unpatriotic act" for an American citizen to assert his privileges as such on the high seas! It would threaten "deplorable injury to our free institutions and drive us into a state of war with Germany" were we to enforce our rights. Therefore...
...preparation for yesterday's game evidently consisted chiefly in studying the wiles of Ulysses. When the CRIMSON nine appeared on Soldiers Field, it found an opposing aggregation consisting chiefly of hired thugs, with a few wise boys interspersed to give the outrageous affair an air of sanctity. Rather than forego an afternoon of quiet sport, the journalists condescended to play a few innings with their nondescript antagonists. But when more thugs appeared on the scene in the fifth inning, the game was protested. The protest was carried to the highest authority, the manager of the CRIMSON team, who allowed...
...might be expected to practice on the Leiter cups. As efficiency is a desirable asset rather than a requirement, of the scrub teams, the restraint of training never forbids a "Leiter cupper" to enter where joy invites. He is a free lance who may partake of all pleasures and forego all hardships...