Word: forgo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...increasing public clamor, the right-to-die-with-dignity movement has yet to make a practical difference in the way Americans are dying. A major and disturbing study just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that the desires of terminally ill patients who want to forgo heroic life-prolonging treatment are being routinely frustrated because their wishes are misunderstood by doctors (at best) or ignored (at worst...
History aside, those most directly impacted by the demolition said yesterday they will forgo the luxuries of the cage now to get a better facility later...
...movie version of Moby Dick changed more than just the title. As "Ahab Ceeley," high-profile John Barrymore survives his duel with the Great White Whale--and gets a love interest. Critical reactions? The New York Times blubbered with praise, while allowing that "it would have been preferable ... to forgo the use of a property moon in one setting, as it is by no means realistic...
...writing them off, Daiwa expects to report a $70 million profit for the six months that ended on Sept. 30. Yet Daiwa's 30 or so top officers, in a form of self-imposed wrist slaps, will take pay cuts of up to 30% for six months and will forgo their annual bonuses. The bank itself sold $336 million worth of real estate in Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima and other cities last week to help offset the losses. The situation at Daiwa could hinder Japan's attempts to clean up its banking mess...
More than 500 students will forgo breakfast and lunch today in observance of Yom Kippur--and they'll donate the money the College would otherwise have spent on the meals to charity as part of Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel's MAZON project...