Word: forfeits
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...first heard this get-out-and-vote rhetoric in seventh grade, when my civics teacher told our class that, if we didn't vote, we'd forfeit our right to complain. There is no more effective scare tactic on a class filled with 13-year-old Jewish boys, other than to mess with our Bar Mitzvah money. But voting so that you can whine is probably not what the framers had in mind. I don't remember seeing the phrase "bitching and moaning" anywhere in the Bill of Rights. Besides, voting actually endangers your right to complain because you might...
...that sounds greedy, consider her husband's five-year deal to serve as CEO of this beleaguered insurance company. Wendt landed a $45 million signing bonus and a guaranteed bonus of up to $50 million in two years--although he did forfeit some GE incentive money. He will also be getting stock, stock options and, oh yeah, a salary of many millions more. His ex will get none of it. As noted, Lorna Wendt won't go begging. But the man she spent 32 years with is now, just a few years removed, infinitely more wealthy than...
...registered with Harvard College as a student group, and hence may forfeit a permanent slot on the Trust board. RUS has suffered from poor attendance at the group's meetings this year, though last year's president, Kathryn B. Clancy '01, has been elected to serve another year-long term...
...sort running joke because she just can't help herself--you name it, she's applied. My roommate sent her, as a joke, an "application" to one of our parties this year. Essay question number two: "We relish the exclusion of less worthy individuals. Please explain why we should forfeit the small portion of joy we would obtain in excluding you from our festivities...
Mosley, ranked No. 4 in the 174-pound weight class, was set to square off against Penn's other star wrestler, No. 2 Rick Springman. However, Mosley suffered a knee injury early on in the match, which eventually forced him to forfeit early in the third period. The team is unsure of whether Mosley will return to action next weekend...