Word: quit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...able to do is leave the presidency. Early in his term, he changed the constitution to permit reelection. As it became clear that he planned to take advantage of the change, his opposition polarized. The wondrously wide-gauged group that served the ultimatum includes Vice President Francisco Lora, who quit Balaguer's Reformist Party over the re-election issue; ex-General Elías Wessin y Wessin, the rightist soldier who tried unsuccessfully to crush the 1965 revolution, and the P.R.D. (Dominican Revolutionary Party), which started it. The leftist, urban-oriented P.R.D., Balaguer's chief opposition, has been...
...their ultimatum, the seven opposition parties demanded that Balaguer campaign on an equal footing with other candidates, without presidential prerogatives. Unless he did, they threatened, they would refuse to participate in an election that would only be "a sneer to the people." Balaguer replied with lofty disdain. "To quit as presidente," he said, "would be handing them a coup d'état." He challenged his opponents to unite behind one candidate, who could give him a real race for the presidency. If they stay away, said Balaguer, "I will go to the election alone." With the army...
Landry isn't too fond of quitters. "Why do people quit sports at Harvard? Because they're prima donnas. Freshmen here want no-cut contracts...
...dismisses the frequently offered explanation that jocks at Harvard are sidetracked from their athletic careers by other interests. "Face it, jocks here aren't the brightest guys. They're not quitting the team for intellectual enlighenment. When things don't go well they quit. Like rats leaving a sinking ship...
...says he thinks that Harvard's reputation for "scholar-athletes" serves as an excuse for jocks who want to quit. "If you went to Ohio State, you couldn't say you were quitting to get into academia." he says. "And there's the scholarship incentive. Here guys can quit and not lose their scholarships...