Word: forgoes
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...talking points” using the point-and-click method. If you want to include the line “President Bush should be commended for his strong leadership on the economy,” you click a green check mark beside the paragraph; if you want to forgo the point “President Bush understands that we must save Social Security for seniors and for generations to come,” click the red X to delete it. You hardly have to think at all—just the way the GOP campaign machine likes...
...schistosomiasis three years ago. For a while, Wang fought the disease by spending his life savings, some $4,830, on medication and operations that removed calcified egg deposits and polyps from his body. But earlier this year, when doctors told Wang that he needed more surgery, he had to forgo it. He had no money left. Wang is not alone. Four of his neighbors who lived along the fetid stream that oozes with microscopic Schistosoma worms?the vectors are freshwater snails?have died in recent months. "The government does not care about us farmers, only about economic development," says Wang...
...when she was elected president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) last month, Hurder decided to forgo her trek to New Zealand...
...crowded battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, two contenders have renounced public campaign funding this month. Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean and Senator John F. Kerry, D-Mass., recently revealed their intentions to forgo public matching funds, wisely recognizing that to beat President Bush in the general election requires spending more than $45 million before the end of July. Public funding provides only $18.7 million at most and requires that candidates limit their spending to $45 million until after the July 31 convention. But the primary race will be decided months earlier, and the Democratic nominee will need further funds...
...convention—is tantamount to giving their opponent a four-month head start. As written, public finance laws favor the incumbent more than they favor the ideals of equal expression. So while public financing is good in theory, neither Kerry nor Dean can be blamed for choosing to forgo public funds...