Word: forfeit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sentences. This reader wants America to follow blindly our fearless leader for Realpolitik reasons. George Bush would love that. But the the U.S. should never plunge into war without debating it in a national forum. Obviously, Bush thinks he's right. But that is no reason for Congress to forfeit its Constitutional prerogative to question the president's judgment...
...University of Nevada, Las Vegas, over recruiting violations ended last week in a draw. In an unprecedented reversal, the NCAA lifted the ban it had imposed on the Runnin' Rebels, which would have prohibited the 1990 collegiate champions from defending their title this spring. In exchange, UNLV agreed to forfeit live-TV appearances next season and sit out 1992 postseason games...
...made it through the primaries and now we're in the World Series, and gay leaders are now deserting the Democratic Party," said Clapprood, whose speech coincided with the national Gay and Lesbian Coming-Out Day. "Don't forfeit the game and give it to the Republicans...
...Democrats can pry an abortion stance out of Souter, the ensuing floor fight will expose the rift within the Republican party over abortion. It is possible that a significant number of Republican senators--unwilling to vocally fight against abortion and possibly forfeit reelection victories--could defect from the party-line. It happened with taxes, and it can happen with abortion, especially with elections right down the road...
...outside the Harvard community. Whether or not Harvard appoints a Black female to the Law School faculty, the publicity has already labeled Harvard's reputation based on a single, one-sided incident. The press coverage portrays racial discrimination so severe that it requires a well-respected, tenured professor to forfeit his salary to rectify a racist hiring policy at Harvard Law School...