Word: quit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...much a center as a collection: from David E. Powell, who quit teaching Defense Department seminars largely because senior officers' talk of "nuking the Chinks" offended him; to Vladimir I. Toumanoff '46, the son of Russian nobility and author of the original SALT memorandum; to Gilbert S. Doctorow '67, who says that his present monograph on pre-revolutionary Russia may succeed in "reducing the tarnish" on the tsarist regime...
...participant at the FBI meeting: "Kelley has told us in the past that he would resign if he were forced to comply with demands that he considered unreasonable. Well, he said that a few weeks ago he felt he was at that point. But he didn't quit because the incident, as he put it, 'blew over.' " The next day Kelley apparently had second thoughts and assured associates that he had no intention of resigning...
...serve as an example. "I would come to practice every day. Apparently the coaches hardly even looked at me. Some guy from Miami had bigger credentials, and he got all their attention. It was then that I decided I had better things to do with my time, so I quit after the first week." The "guy from Miami" was Jim Stoeckel, who went on to set a number of Harvard quarterback records...
...Jersey attorney, Donohue studied mechanical engineering at Brown University but began racing professionally in 1966, and quickly built a reputation as a cool, pleasant, almost error-free technician. After winning several major events-including the Indianapolis 500 in 1972-and more than $1 million in purses, he quit driving briefly in 1974, then slipped into the slim cockpit of a Formula One car this year in pursuit of the one trophy that still eluded him: a major Grand Prix victory. "That last lap," he said during his short retirement. "I really didn't want it to end; I wanted...
...Attempt to improve players' performances with amphetamines. The drugs prevent a player from realizing when he is fatigued and assure that he will keep trying long after physical exhaustion dictates that he should quit...