Word: relinquish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...referendum is intended as one step toward the eventual annihilation of Israel. But Israel's right to exist is implicit in the wording. And, as the Jewish philosopher Maimonides wrote, we must take truth from wherever it comes. It would be a shame for the American Jewish community to relinquish its right to independent thought by automatically countering every argument put forth by the "opposition," regardless of its veracity...
...apparent end to the country's 26 years of one-party domination. The B.S.P.P. said elections would be held and multiple parties would participate. But the government set no date for the balloting and continued to refuse to meet the main demand of the burgeoning opposition forces, that it relinquish power...
...days after his speech, Hussein maintained a calculated silence, never explaining precisely how far he plans to go toward severing ties with the 800,000 Palestinians who live in the West Bank. Initial speculation centered on the possibility that the King intended to relinquish Jordan's historical / connection to the West Bank, an area that Amman formally ruled from 1950 until 1967, when Israel seized the territory during the Six-Day War. But Hussein insisted in his speech that he was not abandoning the Palestinian cause. His more likely aim: to lay down a challenge to the P.L.O., which...
...million men and women, including 455,000 officers, have been mustered out. Though still 3.5 million strong, the PLA has lost its position as the world's largest military organization to the 5.2 million-member Soviet armed forces. Last week Beijing announced that another 70,000 army officers would relinquish their uniforms and take government jobs. The military's share of the national budget, now $5.8 billion, has declined from 17.5% in 1979 to 8.5%. (The U.S. spends $292 billion, or 27% of its budget...
Some observers suggest that Hispanic influence remains fresh and strong in the U.S. because its strains are undiluted. Immigrant groups have often had to renounce their past, relinquish their language and escape from ethnic enclaves in order to make it in America. By contrast, says Thomas Weyr, author of Hispanic U.S.A., "the Hispanic community wants to assimilate and remain separate at the same time." For many Hispanic Americans, the concept of the melting pot leaves too little room for diversity or identity. Better to live * in two cultures simultaneously and enjoy the fireworks when the cultures collide...