Word: forfeitable
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...elders, President Nyerere's sackcloth socialism has produced an official austerity seldom matched in Africa. Members of Parliament are forbidden to own shares in businesses, cannot be corporate directors, and must forfeit their salary of $160 a week if they have any outside income. Only beer is served at government receptions, and the swiftest way to political oblivion is to be a wa-benzi, or the owner of a big car like a Mercedes-Benz...
Eliot retains its slim leads in both soccer and tackle football. Leverett's once-beaten soccer team won twice last week--once by forfeit over Winthrop--to narrow the lead held by idle Eliot. The Bunnies' other win was over Adams...
...teams are in the National League, with Pennypacker enjoying a half-game lead at the moment. Pennypacker has won six, half of them by forfeit. Three of Massachusett's five victories have also been by forfeit. Pennypacker will play Massachusetts October...
...Byzantine Empire, for example, denied church sanctuary primarily to criminals convicted of high treason or sacrilege. In medieval Europe, churches were allowed to protect convicted criminals-like Esmeralda, the condemned witch and murderess of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame-on condition that they forfeit all their property and belongings to the state. The privilege of church sanctuary began to give way during the Protestant Reformation, and there has never been any legal precedent for it in U.S. jurisprudence...
Then, to the ironic delight of the depressed Sox fans, the public address announcer pleaded for the kids to clear the field, "or the Red Sox will forfeit." This with the score 9-2. But the sheep-like horde dispersed and the groundskeepers intimidated a few of the ringleaders. So everyone went home with the sorow of defeat a bit relieved...