Word: forgo
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Kemp joins Dick Cheney, the former Defense Secretary, who quit last month, and conservative idea man William Bennett, who dropped out last fall. Most handicappers calculate that former Secretary of State James Baker will also soon decide to forgo the race. ``It's the incredible shrinking field,'' says William Kristol, a top Republican strategist. ``Others could still jump in, but we probably know who the candidates are.'' Namely: Dole, Texas Senator Phil Gramm, former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander, former Vice President Dan Quayle, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, and possibly Indiana Senator Richard Lugar and one or two G.O.P. Governors...
...about extramarital affairs. "First In His Class," by Washington Post staff writer David Maraniss, says Clinton dropped the idea of running that year after his then-top aide, Betsey Wright, listed the names of women with whom he had been rumored to be involved, and then advised him to forgo the race out of deference to his wife and daughter. Maraniss writes that Wright "was convinced that some state troopers were soliciting women for him and he for them." Wright said today that Maraniss had "misunderstood anything I told him about the troopers...
...Kennedy School students are just two of dozens of students who must forgo sleep one day per semester to vie for limited spots in the Business School's popular courses...
...food joints, but to find them customers have to run a gauntlet of starchy, beefy delights and breathe air perfumed with the scent of rendered lard. According to the Agriculture Department, the food and restaurant industries spend $36 billion a year on advertisements designed to entice hungry people to forgo fresh fruit and sliced vegetables for Ring Dings and Happy Meals. The average child, says psychologist Kelly Brownell, head of the Yale University Center for Eating and Weight Disorders, watches 10,000 food ads a year on TV. "And they're not seeing commercials for brussels sprouts," Brownell complains. "They...
...sharp criticism from Bob Dole, soon-to-be Speaker Newt Gingrich rewrote the terms of a highly remunerative book deal with a Rupert Murdoch-controlled publishing house. Gingrich defended the deal as proper. But, saying he wanted to appear above reproach and quell any controversy, he announced he would forgo a $4.5 million advance for two books on politics. Instead he will settle for a $1 advance and royalties...