Word: forgoes
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...weekend, I ran into several of the Division's leaders taking their kids out to movies, and others in restaurants entertaining family members who are visiting from all over the country. Each was finding his own way to say goodbye to loved ones and all of them would gladly forgo that trial if there was a way to achieve U.S. aims short of deploying...
...Valentine’s Day.” Il Panino Original—advertised as Boston’s first authentic trattoria and the birthplace of owner Frank DePasquale’s North End empire—attracts a more confident crowd. Panino is for couples secure enough to forgo the schmaltz—that never as charming as it sounds combination of Johnny Ten-Bucks-An-Hour on the piano and velvet banquettes; couples smart enough to avoid the twin enemies of romance: stuffiness and predictability; couples honest enough to admit what they really want—waiters...
...unspecified project. Both of us had gotten vague e-mails about MTVU, a spinoff MTV channel theoretically geared specifically toward college students. Instead of broadcasting boy bands and bubble gum pop, MTVU would aim at a more sophisticated music audience. This is not to say that MTVU will entirely forgo programming that plays on stupidity—in fact, movies like Tom Green’s Road Trip are typical of the humor that MTVU will likely display. MTVU will showcase life at colleges across the country—from Harvard to the University of Puget Sound. College kids have...
Romney’s all-business style served him well in the first few weeks of his administration. His decision to forgo his salary as governor was admirable. He was able to make appointments based on merit instead of patronage. For example, he appointed the widely respected African American former District Attorney Ralph C. Martin, III to head the state Judicial Nominating Council, a group that has had little success in diversifying the state bench in the past...
...Despite the cleanup, Jaisalmer still retains a whiff of its human odor. And, if you want to do your bit to help preserve the ancient wonder, so should you. This is perhaps the one place in India where you should forgo your customary bathing routine. The roads might no longer be paved with excrement, but Jaisalmer's best hope of salvation lies in holding onto its medieval stink...