Word: forgoes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Colombia giving up the drug war? Or just playing mind games with the traffickers? That question has been raised by President Cesar Gaviria Trujillo's plan to forgo extradition and cut prison sentences as much as 50% for drug dealers who voluntarily cooperate with authorities and help prosecute other traffickers. Colombian Attorney General Alfonso Gomez Mendez supported $ Gaviria last week when he charged that the drug war "has been a failure because it has represented more costs to the nation than benefits for the community...
...order suspending him for two years. As expected, Steinbrenner's lawyers protested. At that moment Vincent unveiled his counteroffer, scribbling the terms on a yellow legal pad that should be enshrined under glass in Cooperstown. The agreement called for Steinbrenner to acknowledge wrongdoing, become a minority owner, forgo any possible litigation and agree to a lifetime ban on even discussing the Yankees with the new managing partner...
...limit the number of advertising minutes during children's shows. In a few countries, including Sweden, Finland and Norway, toy manufacturers have gone so far as to eliminate voluntarily the advertising and sale of toys depicting modern warfare. There seems to be no chance, however, that U.S. toymakers will forgo the billions they make from selling soldiers, tanks and planes...
...Crimson is so interested in finding out what Wellesley student life is like, or how Wellesley students view Harvard, perhaps the editors should send their reporters out to the Wellesley College campus rather than make these rising journalists forgo an entire Friday evening riding a crowded bus like a "punished Sisyphus...
...stated goal: to encourage investment and thus help America grow. But it doesn't. The rich already invest most of their money. What else are they going to do with it? Mr. Bush's broad capital-gains cut would not persuade the rich -- or anyone else -- to forgo a second VCR and invest that $300 instead. Yet that's exactly the kind of persuasion America needs these days: less consumption, more investment...