Word: quit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Libya's ruling Revolutionary Command Council-in effect disclaiming all responsibility for the marchers. His action did not necessarily mean Gaddafi was out as Libya's ruler, since he has offered his resignation several times in the past, but the council has refused to let him quit...
...mounting disaffection with the Cámpora government came to a head last week. Shouting "Power to Perón!" Peronist workers threatened to paralyze the nation with a general strike unless Cámpora and his Cabinet quit forthwith. Peronist congressmen likewise agitated for Cámpora's ouster, as did moderate party members within the Justicialist movement. The only major opposition to Perón came from left-wing Peronist youth, who feared that a sudden change of heads of government would signal a shift to the right and thus scuttle their chance of turning Argentina toward...
...become a top singer of "reggae" [what polite Jamaicans used to call ragamuffin music; it is a sort of synthesis of American rock and Jamaican native sounds]. Cliff found his way to shantytown from a little village in the country. He came to Kingston to go to technical school, quit after a very short while, and then hustled himself into the music business. For him, The Harder they Come is really part of the hustle...
...your own guilt, but you really have to be careful never to say, Tm sorry.' " As for Will, he puts up with the situation, but Mrs. Berry says it is a matter of free choice, adding, "If my husband were ever about to divorce me, I'd quit...
...impression stayed with him, but he was not sure how best to help. Two years later, he quit his residency in plastic surgery at a University of Chicago hospital and joined the Franciscans. After he waded through Latin and philosophy courses in the U.S., he was sent to Brazil, armed with a crash course in Portuguese, to finish his theological studies for the priesthood. There he also learned that in order to practice medicine among the Indians of the Amazon he would have to acquire a Brazilian high school certificate and pass written, oral and practical examinations in seven areas...