Word: quits
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...which ended its occupation of Lebanon in 2005 under American pressure, and to push for the disarmament of Hizballah, which the U.S. regards as a terrorist organization and a major threat to Israel. "Hizballah needs to make a choice: Be a terrorist organization or be a political party, but quit trying to be both," said a White House spokesman yesterday...
...started when the new government and its Western backers tried to extend authority into the Belgrade-backed, NATO-secured "enclaves" where most of Kosovo's Serbs have lived since the 1999 Kosovo war. The government in Belgrade urged Serbs working for the U.N., including police and customs officers, to quit their jobs, then rehired about 800 police at double their former salaries. On March 17, U.N. and NATO peacekeepers tried to arrest a group of Serb judges who had occupied a U.N. courthouse in Mitrovica. The confrontation escalated. Serbs tossed grenades; nato troops and U.N. police fired back with rubber...
Those who know Clinton say she may in the end be trapped by the historic nature of her candidacy. She tells friends that as the first significant female candidate for the presidency, she doesn't feel that she can just quit. But neither does she want to go out with a whimper, tallying up her delegate totals on June 3 and meekly accepting the fact that she has come up short. Her exit from the race will require classic Clinton political magic. And although we don't know when or how it will come, it's guaranteed...
...second study, Fairbrother concluded that children who were covered by private insurance were over three times more likely than government-insured children to lose their coverage if a parent lost or quit a job. That's a scenario increasingly familiar to Americans. "Higher unemployment figures mean more and more families are ending up uninsured now," Fairbrother says. Moreover, she adds, they're not getting access to the public insurance to which they're entitled, because of budget cuts. "The federal government needs to fund its health-care programs in a way not so exposed to economic cycles...
...what I do,” he said. “I didn’t, but then I started getting all these emails from people who were like, ‘I hadn’t even thought of doing this, I’m going to quit my job and go traveling around the world.’”The meme falls somewhere between art and comedy, often taking the form of a video. “I think a lot of the criteria carry over,” Connor said. When asked if the infamous...