Word: quit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Intense pressure to quit...
Asked whether their mothers smoked, Lichter said that hers had not and Tager said he was "just not sure." Lichter said that she has never smoked and Tager said he quit 16 years ago. "I didn't need this kind of study to know it was bad for me," he explained...
Compare House football to sports at the varsity level. There, many consecutive defeats could mean the termination of a coaching job. Or, when conflicts with the coach mount to a severe level, an athlete might quit the team. And no one could rightfully contend that the joy the Bellboys experienced when they scored that touchdown was any less satisfying than any varsity victory...
Some employees accepted the pay cuts because they felt there was no real choice. Said Flight Engineer Joseph Glavin: "They've got us between a rock and a hard place. You can quit and save your pride, or you can continue to work and hope for the best." Flight Attendant Jacki Vanderhock, 29, agreed to a 50% cut, from about $2,200 a month to $1,000. Said she: "I think we'll make it. At least if we agreed to work, we had a job and a future...
...Russians are a threat to this country and to democratic interests world-wide and it doesn't take a hateful mind to realize that Russian actions since 1945 are not just a product of U.S. provoked paranoia. If liberals in this country would quit taking it upon themselves to defend the argument that the U.S. is the aggressor in the world arena, then the U.S. could begin to discuss the much more important issue of what posture it will take towards the Russians...