Word: relinquish
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Replied Maggie, opening her blue eyes wide: "It would appear that the rules are not consistent with the ad that I endorse, and therefore I regretfully withdraw (or forfeit?) or do whatever is necessary to relinquish press gallery membership. Sorry I didn't know about your rules. Shows you should always read the fine print, doesn't it?" Then, jabbing a hatpin at colleagues who appear frequently on TV's press-panel shows, Maggie noted that she must have broken the rules much earlier with her first appearance on such "sponsored television shows" as Martha Rountree...
...main problem, however, is one of control of the merged organizations, according to Zimon. The Radcliffe S. G. A. has held in the past more jurisdiction over Annex clubs than the Student Council holds over Harvard groups. Zimon stated that Radcliffe "must decide whether it is willing to relinquish some of its present control in the case of merged organizations...
...there is still hope. Except for games played away from Cambridge, obligatory ticket deadlines are unnecessary and bad. The HAA should accept student coupons for regular tickets as long after the Wednesday deadline as the public ticket supply lasts. Undergraduates willing to relinquish their class seating priority could thus stop worrying about fixed deadlines for dates and tickets. Obviously, for one or two big home games, it would be taking a great chance not to use the envelopes available under the priority system. For other home games, Soldiers Field is in little danger of becoming too small...
...fact that such a program as "The Firestone Hour" is pressured by NBC to relinquish a popular program time because of low viewer appeal, is an indication of the dilemma in which media executives find themselves. Luckily for those who like classical music, the Firestone Rubber Company's advertising is largely institutional and low-pressure; this and the loyalty of its viewers insured that it would be kept in its Monday night spot...
Kekoa D. Kaapu '58, operator of the Eliot House newsstand, asserted yesterday that he "was being pressured to relinquish private, individualistic business practices in the operation of the stand." Kaapu complained that his suppplier had been warned not to deliver further orders to him, presumably to force him to buy through a newly-organized central purchasing agency, a member of the student agencies corporation...