Word: let
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...Noting the principal concern of Senator Nunn and other members of the Senate relative to my confirmation as Secretary of Defense, namely the extent to which I may engage in excessive use of beverage alcohol, let me state that I have never been an alcoholic nor dependent on alcohol," Tower said in a statement he read on ABC-TV's This Week With David Brinkley...
MacDonald insisted he was innocent of charges raised during recent hearings of the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, and pleaded with the 88- member Navajo council to let him retain his salary and to give him legal help as he fights to clear his name. When the council refused to grant him these conditions, MacDonald vowed that he would not vacate his elective position after all. The council then voted to place MacDonald on indefinite leave, with pay. The Navajos had never before questioned the conduct of one of their chairmen, assuming each had only the best interests...
...Concentrate," Coach Tom Bazzell is yelling at his players during a time out. "You've got to concentrate. You've got wide open shots and you're blowing them. Come on, let...
...let their casual attitude mislead you. Watching this team play is like watching the last few seconds of a Lakers-Celtics game. No one quits...
...should think that the governing board will continue to give emeritus status to a person who gives up his teaching status to let another person in," Riesman says. "I see sadly my agemates who have no projects--they whither. When teaching stops, when scholarship stops, when the faculty meetings stop, I think they find an emptiness...