Word: relinquish
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...original version of this article stated that Mark Penn left the Clinton campaign Sunday. Although Penn did relinquish his formal role as chief strategist, he is continuing to play a role doing polling for and providing advice to the campaign, among other responsibilities...
Though Orleans will soon relinquish the reigns of the Ivy League, he said that he plans to stay involved in athletics in some capacity after he steps down next year...
...Harvard women’s basketball team is not going to relinquish its Ivy League crown easily. Following last Friday’s ugly 24-point loss to Cornell, the league leader, the Crimson has won its last two games to stay in second place in the Ancient Eight. After regaining some confidence by putting away Columbia last Saturday, Harvard (14-9, 7-2 Ivy) began the second round of Ivy League play with a convincing 65-51 win at Princeton (5-19, 2-6) Friday night. “Each game is a championship for us right...
...ownership of an automobile in the United States has become nothing short of a divine birthright. It’s a universally accepted fact: Americans love their cars and would sooner sacrifice their firstborn than relinquish their entitlement to the family sedan. And naturally, many have lambasted for years the environmental destruction brought upon by this auto-centric culture. Yet as the U.S. continues to look for a balance between going green and the American dream, India has found its place amidst the controversy with its new initiative, the Tata Corporation’s Nano, also known...
...last breath." With that, Fidel Castro suggested that he had wanted to hang on to power until the very end. But the central message of the letter published early Tuesday morning on the website of Granma, Cuba's official newspaper, was that poor health was forcing him formally to relinquish power. "To my close compatriots ... I say that I will not aspire to nor accept - I repeat, I will not aspire to nor accept - the office of President of the Council of State or Commander in Chief," he wrote. His resignation, coming just days before Cuba's National Assembly...