Word: forfeits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...better part of a millennium. The PLO is merely the modern expression of traditional Islamic Jew-batting. When Blacks express sympathy for former Muslim oppressors who specifically state (usually in Arabic) that they intend at least to become current oppressors of Jews and other non-Muslim minorities. Blacks forfeit any right to sympathy because they have been oppressed...
...potential threat of leakage into the atmosphere and a serious erosion of public confidence in its ability to safely test chemical warfare agents. ADL should agree to either forfeit its five contracts with the Department of Defense or get out of Cambridge...
...hang a defiant sign challenging passersby to a game of checkers. After a preamble about the history of the game, the sign exhorts earnestly: "Let's play checkers. Free six-pack of Cokes if you win! I will play anyone!" He has never had to forfeit a six-pack...
Despite taking three of the first four matches, Harvard was only up 9-5. After a 12-7 victory by freshman John Freeman at 150 lbs., Peter Holmes had to forfeit his match after suffering a shoulder injury. Suddenly the Crimson found themselves up by just one point...
...examples of such men. One, though, certainly seems to be Sir Thomas More. More is a figure familiar to most. The author of a great book, a lawyer, a man of wit, charm and learning. More was also a martyr, the man who gave up his life rather than forfeit his principles. He has been made familiar to us through several biographies and, perhaps most permanently by the play and film. A Man for All Seasons...