Word: forfeits
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...soldiers carried the settlers down again. (At least 26 were arrested.) The 500 to 600 protesters, who pitched the hilltop camp about a week ago, claim that Israel's plans to withdraw troops and turn over parts of the West Bank to the Palestinians would compromise their security and forfeit Jewish claims to the biblical land of Israel.More skirmishes are certain:while Israeli and Palestinian officials negitiate the expansion fo Palestinian rule this week at a Red Sea resort, other settler groups are reportedly pitching camps as fast as they...
...under the weight of Japanese, Germans, Americans, Frenchmen, Scots, English, Indians, Spaniards, Scandinavians--the whole world milling about in T shirts, polyglotting. It takes five minutes for a pedestrian to push across the bridge, a distance of 30 yds. Venice vanished centuries ago into its tourist shop-museum self, forfeit to the ever flattening demographics of mass tourism...
...enough that we're not doing anything on Social Security,'' says Warren Rudman, the former New Hampshire Senator and entitlement-reform leader who's supporting Dole, "but at least Bob didn't let the situation become more fouled up-and he did that when people were saying he'd forfeit his leadership credentials if he couldn't get the bba passed. He could have caved, but he didn...
...American people have historically supported presidents who make their own decisions. Despite Clinton's obvious political differences with opposition leaders like Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole, Clinton must ensure that they respect his Constitutional powers as the President. Thus under no circumstances should he forfeit his powers to initiate policy, neither should he delegate them. The final policy decisions must always come from the executive branch...
...Bears, however, took over the contest after the early Crimson streak, winning the final four bouts-one by decision, one by forfeit, one by major decision, and one by pin. The final Bear surge left the Crimson flat on the mats...