Word: relinquish
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Proving that will be difficult however, as the nation’s top crew will be reluctant to relinquish its title...
...with 500 meters remaining, time was rapidly disappearing. The Bulldogs had begun to fade, slowly dropping back into a three-boat chase pack with Columbia and Harvard, but Princeton would relinquish no more of its advantage...
...release of the "roadmap" may have on the conflict's violent stalemate. The situation remains unchanged: Israel is the effective security authority in most Palestinian territories, a role it says it was forced to fill because the Palestinian Authority failed to stop terror attacks. The Israeli government will relinquish that role only once the Palestinians have demonstrated both the will and the ability to ensure Israel's security, and has no interest in discussing Palestinian statehood before that time. But Palestinian leaders say they can't properly reconstitute their security services, let alone enforce an end to attacks on Israelis...
...hands of the Israelis. Their jeeps are patrolling every city. How can you build Palestinian security institutions when the Israelis are still there? This may be the strongest obstacle to Israel and the Palestinian Authority reaching agreement on the "road map." The Israelis are saying they won't relinquish security control until Abu Mazen's government achieves the security goals it has promised; the Palestinians are saying they need Israel to withdraw in order to rebuild the security structures...
...final groups headed down the last few holes, the Crimson made it clear that it was unwilling to relinquish its spot. Feeding off strong play by both Chiampa, who shot a third and final round score of 79, and Kuchefski, who finished the weekend with a round of 80, Harvard hung on to fourth with an aggregate 1002 score of 126-over-par. That was enough to put the Crimson 16 strokes ahead of fifth-place Penn...