Word: relinquish
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ostensibly Chou was in Rangoon to ratify the settlement of the Sino-Burmese border dispute, which he and former Burmese Premier U Nu worked out recently. This guaranteed that China would relinquish her claims to the Wa States in return for Burma's surrender of three Kachin villages annexed by Burma in the days of British rule. The Kachin villagers are ardently opposed to this plan...
Professor Eliot, an international leader in the development of maternal and child care programs, will relinquish her post as Chief of the U.S. Children's Bureau to accept the Harvard position on Jan. 1, 1957. A graduate of Radcliffe, she has headed the Children's Bureau since...
...order to gain that action, we must have full co-operation from all the nations of the world. This co-operation depends upon the willingness of nations to relinquish certain prerogatives of action to a supra-national body, the United Nations, in the case of international conflicts. The nations must submit to a single code of action under law. This law, furthermore, must be enforceable under a world police force. Only under such a system can the United Nations assure the world's people that they may enjoy peace under adequate protection. C. Michael Lanphier 58, Vice-President, Harvard World...
...first important-if insufficient-shift toward compromise, Nasser let it be known through the Indian government that he would be ready to "internationalize" Suez Canal tolls, i.e., let a conference of canal users set the rates. But on the core of the matter-Egypt's refusal to relinquish control of the canal to international supervision -Gamal Abdel Nasser stood firm, awaiting the next challenge...
...undefeated Crimson, with Captain John W. Hallowell '31 at 2 and Albert N. Webster '31 at 4, jumped to an early lead and didn't relinquish it. But the Elis were never more than a length behind the whole way and with half a mile to go drew up to three-quarters of a length with a killing effort. Then they faded: the varsity's final margin was two and a half lengths...