Word: forgoes
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...that Arizona's liquid riches would not be squandered, by winning passage in 1980 of the nation's most stringent water-management program. The law discourages the state's farmers from using CAP water to expand production of heavily irrigated cotton and citrus crops by requiring the growers to forgo an amount of groundwater equal to their use of the new supply. The measure also provides for the sale of water rights by farmers to developers and local water systems, thus promoting growth without creating new strains on the supply of water. The water-management law will eventually force...
...News section remains the untamed beast. From the start, USA Today editors decided to forgo the dutiful, gray Page One display of a traditional newspaper. "That was the easy part," recalls John Quinn, 59, the paper's editor. "But what should we put on instead? That's tough." The ideal mix, in Quinn's opinion, is a banner story across the top that grabs the reader's attention (SUPER HORSE JOHN HENRY PUT TO PASTURE headlined one issue last week). Another story tries to get a jump on the day's events (CHINA'S LI, REAGAN TALK PACTS TODAY...
...miss time with my friends,” Glazer says before quickly adding that he loves being UC president. He had to forgo a trip to the Dominican Republic over Intercession to prepare for his rise to the presidency...
...denied any political motivation to the decision to forgo foreign aid, though he added that India would “welcome multilateral assistance in rebuilding destroyed infrastructure...
...dental X rays. Researchers were quick to say they didn't know how radiation might affect pregnancy or whether the babies' low birth weight was due to X-ray exposure alone. Whatever the risk, say the study's authors, it's small. They recommend that pregnant women not forgo necessary dental care...