Word: forfeits
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...serve as a warning that there is a limit to the burdens people will endure for the sake of political and economic reform. But even though hardship and turmoil have plagued their first 12 months of freedom, the Baltic states sacrificed too much in the struggle for independence to forfeit their dreams of a better life. Few Balts, after all, would trade their nation's future -- however uncertain -- for its past...
...wife, Elisabetha, hears a false report of his death, she commits suicide, and the Church pronounces her soul damned. In a fit of rage and sorrow, the prince vows to join her in damnation and becomes a vampire. Essentially, the torture of his vampirism derives not from the forfeit of his soul but rather the pain of lost romance. Doomed to an endlessly lonely and tragic existence, he just wants to be loved--is that so wrong...
...being overage -- most of the team wasn't even from Zamboanga City. League officials in Manila had packed the squad with ringers even though national All-Star squads are barred from the World Series. Little League officials in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, declared eight Philippine players ineligible Thursday and ordered a forfeit of their team's 15-4 victory last month over Long Beach, California. The newly crowned California team got together Thursday night for a quiet celebration at a park. "I think this is a real big / thing," said pitcher Randall Shelley, 12. "But it would have been better...
...make a mistake. Under the rules established by a 1977 Supreme Court decision, lawyers in a criminal case must recognize potential violations of fair procedure as soon as they take place and raise the objection in court. If they fail to do so during the trial, they may forfeit the chance for their client to raise the issue on appeal. "People talk about criminals often getting off on technicalities," says Hoffman. "Actually, a lot of people are dying because of technicalities...
...Challenging the Bush Administration "to put up or, please, to shut up," Senator Moynihan last month introduced a bill to increase federal funding to $5 billion a year -- a nonstarter in the current fiscal climate. Meanwhile, many financially strapped states have been backing out of the deal, preferring to forfeit their share of federal matching grants rather than fully fund the programs. A report published by the State University of New York in March found that states had qualified for only 48% of the available federal money...