Word: quit
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...everywhere else. Worse, his training in accounting dated back more than 30 years and was obsolete in a computerized era. He was 54 and unable to find work. His finances slid downhill fast. He had no significant savings. He could not get credit or loans. Because technically he had quit his job, he did not qualify for unemployment benefits. Within four weeks he wound up in Los Angeles "with two dollars in my pocket looking for some place to eat." A passer-by steered him to the Union Rescue Mission. A year later London is still there, receiving meals...
Slipping in the polls and facing challenges from fellow Democrats, Carey announced last week that he would complete his second term this year, then retire from elective politics. He pulled out, he explained, partly to spare his wife the pressures of the campaign. He said he quit, exactly as he wed, all for love...
Ludwig's associates said last week that the failing health of their 84-year-old boss was one reason for his giving up on Jari. But others were of the opinion that the billionaire quit simply because Jari had ceased to be a good prospect. Pesky government regulations and a xenophobic attitude among Brazilians further discouraged...
...stayed in one place, working at the Civic Finance Co. and with Joey, so that there would be no restraints on the boy's career. (His wife, Theresa, worked as a secretary in the same office.) "I remember when he was ten, he wanted to quit midget football. His mother said, 'If he doesn't want to play, why don't you leave him be?' So I said, 'The hell with it, go ahead and quit.' After work, when I got home, I said: 'Get your equipment; you're going...
Roommates, they shared a fondness for all contests, and if the Marriott Hotels that the N.F.L. teams frequent did not feature rumpus rooms buzzing with electronic whizbangers, DeBerg and Montana might have played checkers with match sticks on the tiles of the bathroom. "We could never quit," Joe laughs, "because somebody was always behind." Then he stops laughing. "It was unspoken, but we both knew. At practice, if one of us threw a pass that wobbled, the other would quack like a duck. We teased each other into staying friends, but we knew one eventually...