Word: relinquish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three consecutive steals proved to be the varsity's undoing in the early going, as the administration ran up a 10-2 bulge they were never to relinquish...
...corner a bronze Etruscan mirror, probably deliberately broken in antiquity, according to Beale, awaits repair. The glue formerly used to piece it together has dried out, but the new plastic adhesives used in its place won't relinquish its hold so fast...
Jonas Honick contributed his first field goal of the evening at 14:08 to cut it to 39-38. Meanwhile Ackerman was fighting a rearguard action as the Lions refused to relinquish the lead, scording 12 of the hoopsters' 16 points in the half...
...internal problems of that war-torn country. In Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria, he was the persistent interlocutor, running through his list of prepared questions in an attempt to discover new subtleties in the Arab and Israeli positions. How much occupied territory, for example, should Israel relinquish? When and how ought the Geneva talks to be reconvened? What role should the United Nations play? What about the Palestinians' participation at the talks and the shape of an eventual political entity for them...
When asked whether Indira Gandhi would relinquish power if she lost the election, Marwah, who served as chief electoral returns officer in India until 1967, said, "I am not a clairvoyant, but I don't think she will declare another state of emergency to stay in power. Anyway, we shall see for sure in three weeks...