Word: quit
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About ten months ago, I indignantly quit Harvard with the intent to never return. Depressed and fed up with classes, I didn’t see a reason to be here anymore. About eight and a half months ago, I tried to return, and failed miserably. It seemed that the child throwing her tantrum was experiencing the wrath of her parents’ discipline...
...create pressure exacerbating divisions within conservative ranks. "Because of that Sarkozy doesn't want to create any more excuses for dissent and division within his own majority. And he certainly doesn't want to give leftist members of government the opportunity to attack his policies - and perhaps eventually quit their posts accusing Sarkozy of lack of good will...
...tech. (A favorite training tool was a flip book that showed the movements of a hurler.) He won first place in the Games of 1956, '60, '64 and '68, in each case competing and setting Olympic records despite injuries. "These are the Olympics," he said. "You die before you quit." Oerter was 71 and died of heart failure...
...nine players have cut or quit since fall practices started, including two juniors and a sophomore that were previously members of the team. Two of those left the team for personal reasons, according to a number of players on the team who wished to remain anonymous...
Third-stringer Collier Winters will back up Pizzotti while O’Hagan is out. The freshman took over the number three job behind Pizzotti after junior Jeff Witt quit the team almost two weeks...