Word: relinquish
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...score, tallied with 19 minutes remaining, gave the Crimson a lead it would never relinquish...
...beat us,” Trimble said. “So when they did, we picked up the energy—turned things around to execute our game plan.”The Crimson opened an early 9-3 lead in the third frame that it refused to relinquish en route to a 30-16 win and then finished off Wofford with a decisive 30-18 victory in game four.HARVARD 3, DELAWARE STATE 0Harvard put its right foot forward in the kickoff to the 2007 season, sweeping Delaware State, 3-0 (30-14, 30-22, 30-19), in its first...
...democratic transfer of leadership? Unlikely. Nothing in Musharraf's actions over the past eight years indicate that he is ready to relinquish power just yet. It's just as likely that the general will turn away from messy deals with politicians and simply declare emergency rule. Doing so would allow him to maintain both his titles, and postpone elections for another year. The U.S. has already once persuaded him not to do that, citing concerns about maintaining democracy in Pakistan, but if Musharraf senses his own survival is at stake, Washington's leverage may not be enough to dissuade...
...time growing up in London was how my parents schlepped my sister and me on various weekend jaunts around the country and into the European continent. Although the two of us were fairly willing travelers, especially for the more exotic trips, we often complained that we were forced to relinquish our precious weekend sleep week after week to see one more medieval this or ancient that...
...conflict. Blair had expressed an interest in setting up shop at Government House, the former seat of Palestine's British colonial rulers. Though the compound has a magnificent view of the Old City, it's also filled to burst with various U.N. bureaucrats, a species not known to easily relinquish its perks. So, Blair may eventually check into the less august (but still glamorous) American Colony Hotel, which housed his predecessor as Quartet envoy, James Wolfensohn...