Word: quit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sport, and the number who stay. Counter says that the rate of minority students who drop out somewhere in the process is very high. But this is just the sort of figure that Counter must try to document, because as Reardon notes, non-minority athletes also quit sports all the time...
...Going off the gold standard was in emotional concern to me," Katz said. He added that he saw the seeds of social unrest in the subsequent inflation and shortages of consumer goods. Discouraged, he quit his job, began a financial writing career and joined the Libertarian party...
...other than good government." Democratic Congressman Thomas Downey of New York is more blunt: "You can't buy a Congressman for $5,000. But you can buy his vote. It's done on a regular basis." This is one reason why Michigan Democrat William Brodhead decided to quit Congress this year. Says he: "I got sick of feeling indebted to PACs. There is no reason they give money except in the expectation of votes...
...often using capital invested in one to benefit another, He owned property in several states, had a safe deposit box in a Caribbean bank and routed at least $18 million through an unregistered corporation based in Switzerland. Several key business associates concerned with DeLorean's handling of business affairs quit...
...Rice's libretto remains an uneven collection to of trite and witty lyrics. The better include a worried Person's lament. "Then again we might be foolish/Not to quit while we're ahead/ For distance leads enchantment and that is why/All exiles are distinguished/ More important they're not dead." And a phalanx of aristocrats admit. "No we wouldn't mind/ Seeing her in Harrod's/But behind the jewelry counter/ Not in front...