Word: relinquish
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Harvard, perhaps daunted by the crowd of 2,984, watched the Commodores take off to an early 18-3 lead that they did not relinquish...
...mistake proved fatal. Six plays later, Harvard scored its first touchdown of the day, and Anders Blewett’s point-after gave the Crimson a 7-6 lead it did not relinquish...
...inadequate guarantee of disarmament, and at worst a dangerous distraction from the task at hand. But they were convinced to take the matter back to the UN as a means of securing international support and legitimacy for a military campaign. Based on the premise that Saddam would never voluntarily relinquish his weapons of mass destruction, the assumption was that a new inspection ultimatum would create a trigger mechanism for an internationally sanctioned war, on terms that would satisfy nervous Europeans, Arabs and even Americans...
...momentum failed to produce any further results, and the Huskies scored early in the second and would not relinquish the lead. The goal came off a failed Harvard clear inside the 18. Sophomore Zahra Jalalian took advantage of the turnover and setup freshman forward Brittany Barakat—the Huskies’ second leading scorer—for an unstoppable shot...
...found junior tight end Matt Fratto for a fingertip catch to get to the two-yard line. That pair of passes set up senior tailback Nick Palazzo’s touchdown run to put Harvard on top, 14-7, and gave the Crimson a lead it would never relinquish...