Word: forfeitable
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...exquisite diction of the Italian actors and the rhythm and beauty and strangeness (to the English ear) of what they are saying, this lends a theatrical, almost ritualistic quality to the film. These characters, though, are faintly ridiculous. By stepping out of the community to address us, they forfeit the strength in numbers that protects everyone else and show themselves to be somehow anti-social. One of these characters is a poet who sips Campari on the steps of the seaside Grand Hotel just outside of town, watching the Nazis make out with the local girls; another an antiquarian...
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Rounding out the Crimson's triumph, number-eight-man Tim Morgan won his first two games before his opponent, Ed Silbert, was forced to forfeit the match due to an injury...
...have returned to the entertainment business. The Supreme Court was effortlessly reversing the decisions that had plagued him for years. But Lenny felt broken by the court decision, and without a livelihood, he lost his motivation to live. When the finance company notified him that his house was in forfeit, he poked a needle into his vein. He was found a few hours later, naked on the bathroom floor...
...vendors work at the stadium only for college spending money and it was easy for these students to pass up a few surplus dollars at the end of a lucrative season. But the other half, the career vendors, couldn't afford to return to the picket line and forfeit a possible $200-300 during a long homestand work stoppage...