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Because two of the most prestigious journals—Nature and Cell—do not grant free access, scientists who support the petition and the fledgling status of BioMed Central would have to forego a chance for major recognition...
...you’re anything like me, you’ve tried to take this advice seriously, many times —setting aside time to be social, forcing yourself to forego a night of studying to go out to a birthday party, tackling your social life like another class. But the ridiculousness of the situation is that all the while as we supposedly try to live our lives in the now, we are measuring our experience through the lens of our future selves. We think about how we will remember our days here—not whether we love...
Because guys like Alex Brown and Peyton Manning forego millions of dollars to play on Saturdays just one more season. Because 18-year-olds have to grow up quickly on a patch of grass in front of 100,000 screaming fanatics. Because Auburn and Alabama and Michigan and Ohio State hate each other. Because the FSU “War Chant” is so annoying and because when I was in Gainesville two weeks ago, I tailgated for six hours and was so excited that I had problems breathing...
However, Lee says that she is willing to forego her commitments to other activities if she thinks it is necessary to be a more effective council president...
...thriving in a terrorist world is one part Bethune, one part Hamel. The Bethune part is simple: stick to basic values (eg. the customer comes first, baggage handlers deserve the same respect as the chief financial officer, no profits are worth damage to the environment, etc.) and demonstrate them (forego a chunk, if not all, of your multi-million dollar compensation when you have to lay off thousands of employees...