Word: quit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...found their Soviet workers something less than heroic. The buses that brought workers from their homes about seven miles away somehow took 1½hours to make the trip, so that few workers were ever on the job before 10 a.m. To avoid missing the bus home, they sometimes quit a half-hour early. One Italian mechanic reported finding a machine that had been leaking 40 Ibs. of oil a day for two weeks; its Soviet operators had neglected to request repairs. "Our conception of maintenance is entirely unknown to them," the Italian said...
...wanted it badly enough to enlist in the Marines at 14, a career that ended without glory when his mother followed him to the training camp and reclaimed him. But when he was 17, his parents allowed him to quit school and leave for the Army, a time-honored ritual in coal-country. His father gave him a gruff word of advice; his mother didn't cry. Thus began a quarter of a century of excellence in service of America, service that has not yet ended...
...Tritch didn't seem to quit. Somehow it seemed he wanted the championship more than Starr did," Harvard coach John Lee said afterwards. Tritch went on to win the championship...
...times in 10 of 11 swimming events, although the fact that Penn might shave some men could reduce this margin. The Crimson's superiority in the freestyles is clearcut. Rich Baughman should win easily in the 1000-yd. free, especially since Rusty Varley, the Quakers top distance freestyler, has quit the team. Either captain Fred Mitchell or Rich Baughman will be the favorite...
Last summer, after Harvard granted me sanctuary for a year, I quit my newspaper job and joined the Congressional campaign of Walter Brown, a friend from my college days at the University of Mississippi...