Word: relented
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...other hand, if Moscow knows that some form of U.S. missile defense is inevitable, it may have painted itself into a corner by sticking so resolutely to its guns on the ABM treaty. Putin may find it difficult to relent on the treaty now that he's dug in his heels - although his strategy for maximizing diplomatic gains seems to depend on taking these standoffs right down to the wire. (Of course Russia achieves some moral high ground if it forces Bush's hand, because by withdrawing from the treaty that girds nuclear arms control, the U.S. would deepen European...
...There was a similar reaction from Washington's friends when Bush suspended talks with North Korea, leaving the U.S. alarmingly out of step with its closest allies in the region. (It reportedly took the intervention of Papa Bush to get the President to relent and resume dialogue...
...Washington's summary withdrawal from a treaty 10 years in the making that had been signed by the previous president. Of course, only the U.S. could get away with that position - if Italy or the Czech republic did that, those countries might find themselves facing sharp economic pressure to relent, but that would be unthinkable in the case of the world's largest economy. So the exasperated Europeans were forced simply to "agree to disagree...
...fate has it in for us. But even if fate were to relent, what would it matter? I’ve read about the championship teams of the early 1970s, the Knicks of Willis Reed, Walt Frazier and Dave DeBusschere. My mom has told me about how all of New York fell in love with them...
...Harvard's pressure did not relent, and the quality of its passing game began to match its energy level in the second half. The result was an offensive explosion that had seemed imminent for most of the afternoon...