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Palestinians should not be compelled to forfeit our basic rights to an independent nation. Palestinian autonomy should not under any circumstances become the final stage of the agreement and the PLO should make it clear that they have not abandoned the claim to an independent state. If the PLO can obtain from Israel a guarantee that the issue of statehood will remain open to negotiation, it might perhaps lessen opposition to the accord...
Under the agreement, Harvard contracted all work done on the Yard dorms and Holyoke Center renovations to union labor. In return, the unions agreed to, among other things, take a 10 percent pay cut in all work covered by the agreement and forfeit their right to strike or protest during the work...
...opting against a Woody Allen-esque presentation in order to give an already highly theatrical piece a more cinematic feel, Guare (who wrote the screenplay) and Schepisi forfeit some of the humor inherent in direct declarations to the audience. Thus, the dramatic aspects of the work leave the most lasting impression in the film. Whereas the comedic "dialogues" with the audience convey the tone of the play, it is the intensely powerful and haunting conversation between Ouisa and Paul which succeeds most gloriously in the film...
...kudos to the men upstairs, school president Frederick Hutchinson and athletic director Mike Ploszeck, for making the right call in suspending Walsh and electing to forfeit the three games in which Tory played (dropping the record of what had been the fourth-ranked team in the country...
...There were a number of ECAC officials approached by the NHL," Quinn said. "I told them to go with their own conscience but not to turn back any of my assignments or else they would forfeit their contract with...