Word: relinquish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Tensions ran high as one member of the audience, who was loudly asserting his opinions on Puerto Rican sovereignty, refused to relinquish the microphone set up for questions until an IOP official threatened to call security...
After a pin by Kurtz, Harvard gained solid control of the meet--control which it would not relinquish...
After Cornell tied it up, Suurkask and junior Jen Gerometta each scored to give the Crimson a 3-1 lead. Cornell added another goal, but Harvard refused to relinquish the lead. Sophomore Crystal Springer stopped shot after shot, and by the period's end she had compiled 24 saves to Cornell's four...
...court and, as the Big Green's defense collapsed on her, she kicked the rock out to Miller who spotted up behind the three-point arc. Feaster shouted, "Bust that," and the junior forward obliged. Miller's third trey of the game gave Harvard a lead it would not relinquish the rest...
Only after the roiling whirlwind of notes subsided did the figure at the center of the stage relinquish his grasp of inspiration and allow his arms fall to his sides, giving the final cue of the evening. The audience understood and responded with a thunderclap of applause, adding four standing ovations to his collection...