Word: relinquish
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...loving mother 20 years ago. We were told our mother was crazy, only to find out years later that she was the most loving person on the planet. As a survivor of this abduction, I can empathize with the Shah children. Parents who divorce and have custody battles should relinquish the custody of their children to an outside party until all their personal and financial battles are over. This system could put abusers in the spotlight and keep them away from children. Meanwhile, the only course of action for people like Shah's ex-wife and her children will...
DIED. ROB PILATUS, 32, half of the famously seen-but-not-heard Europop duo Milli Vanilli, which had to relinquish its 1989 Grammy after it was revealed that the pretty boys had lip-synched their album; after reportedly overdosing on drugs and alcohol; near Frankfurt, Germany. Pilatus never really recovered from the humiliation: the following year he tried to commit suicide and later spent time in rehab after pleading no contest to assault charges...
Karen E. Avery '87, assistant dean of Harvard College, said she was "thrilled" to read that Radcliffe may relinquish its nominal role in undergraduate life...
Sources close to the discussions said yesterday that Radcliffe may soon relinquish its 119-year-old title of undergraduate college, refocusing itself as solely a premier women's research facility--and becoming a University "allied institution...
...evoked unruly territorial appetites and an obsession with holy sites. The Old Man, well into his 80s, raised his voice for the last time. Keep Jerusalem undivided, he said, but otherwise we must suppress our yearnings for the newly gained regions; we must relinquish them in return for peace. The October War of 1973 came as a nemesis, a harsh slap of reality, undoing the post-1967 Israeli arrogance and moral callousness. Ben-Gurion died a few weeks after that war, while a wounded, deflated Israel was mourning its heavy losses and entering a long period of soul searching...