Word: forgo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think if I've made it this far, it's probably okay to forgo a cup of coffee," says Meg F. Gibson '96. "I thought [the study] was kind of ridiculous...
...people showed up at a huge ballroom in the Omni Shoreham Hotel for a "Valentine's Book Party" for Hillary Clinton. There was no contribution required; in fact, nothing was asked other than that you wait an hour to park your car and check your coat, and forgo dinner and Thursday night Must-See TV (it was a Friends and Seinfeld kind of crowd: no one seemed much interested in the G.O.P. debate). Clinton gave a short talk and sold a huge stack of books...
RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, ELAYNE BENNETT, HEAD OF BEST Friends, an organization that encourages schoolgirls to forgo sex, reached into her purse and found a piece of paper that board member Alma Powell had slipped in there a few days before. It turned out to be a check from General Colin Powell providing the major portion of matching funds for a $200,000 challenge grant. "I couldn't believe it, and I almost lost it," confesses Bennett. "Alma gave it to me with so little fanfare...
...members continue to design their periodical, however. They plan for the magazine to forgo the traditional "What's Hot/What's Not" column people usually associate with fashion publications...
Alonso, who addressed the crowd through a megaphone in front of the Holyoke Center, called on Harvard to forgo windfall profits and to sell the units below market price...