Word: quit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...host was 25 and had been a monk for four years. Before that he had trained as an acolyte for seven years. He told me that he planned to quit being a monk when he turned 30--a common practice in Lao Buddhism...
...grass never quit circulating...
...aerospace vote with newsmen waiting in the lobby last week, P.R. Man Herbert Wurth was nonetheless forbidden by the board's new executive director, Robert Tiernan, to write a press release about it until the rejection had been framed in legalese. Furious at such mindless rules, Wurth quit...
...neglected legislative duties last week for marriage and a brief honeymoon, Prime Minister Dom Mintoff promptly told the entire house to take a five-day recess. There was nothing festive about the holiday. Maltese opinion is sharply split over Mintoffs order that British troops either pay higher rents or quit the island (TIME, Jan. 10). With tensions rising as his Jan. 15 deadline approached and with only a one-vote parliamentary advantage, Mintoff was afraid to risk a vote of confidence while the groom -one of his own Labor Party supporters-dallied elsewhere...
...part of the Administration, you shouldn't simultaneously attack its posture. I believe that, if you join an Administration as a full-time employee, that is a reasonable position. If you become so disaffected with its programs that you want to fight, the proper thing to do is quit. But I don't think advisors should be throttled, that is, silenced on all issues, or the country is handicapped in making decisions. I've personally concluded--and I've thought about this since the Pentagon Papers were published--that the nation has paid a much higher price for its secrecy...