Word: forgo
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...begins in Qunu, the Xhosa village where Mandela grew up and where he has been vacationing for the past week. Fog and rain blanket the Transkei hills, so the President must forgo his usual daily morning walk. At 5 a.m. he heads for the airport, where his jet waits to fly him 400 miles north to Pretoria, South Africa's administrative capital...
Students from Harvard's Ethnic Studies Action Committee (ESAC) will forgo meals and gather on the steps of Widener today to call attention to Harvard's lack of an ethnic studies concentration...
...most of the year, midtown Manhattan adheres to the fin-de-siecle urban ritual of a working lunch. But during Fashion Week, held in Bryant Park every spring and fall, the bow-tied and sensibly heeled easily forgo risotto on an expense account for Quarter Pounders on a crowded lawn. Dazzled by the chic, they perch themselves near the heavily guarded white tents where designers unveil their seasonal collections. The businessmen, of course, do not come because they are interested in Richard Tyler's position this year on velvet. They want to catch a glimpse of the shows' real centerpieces...
...Clinton Administration made another strategic retreat today before the House GOP juggernaut, this time proposing to soften provisions of the Endangered Species Act. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt released a set of 10 guidelines that would "balance endangered species protection with economic development," including a proposal to forgo enforcement in single-home residential tracts, or on issues that affect areas smaller than five acres. The plan also requires more scientific study before declaring species in danger and gives states and local officials more discretion. The House passed a tougher bill Friday by a vote of 277-141 that would require federal...
Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, one of a handful of Republican governors touted as presidential timber for 1996, announced he'd forgo a run for the GOP nomination. At a Boston press conference, Weld said he'd made the decision in part because he didn't want to become the absentee father of five teenagers. Nor does he wish to be an absentee governor in order to run. Weld's predecessor, Michael Dukakis, was out of the state for months while campaigning as the 1988 Democratic candidate for president. TIME Boston bureau chief Sam Allis says Weld -- a political favorite...