Word: relinquish
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...political authority ebbs more and more visibly. And yet even inside Sharon's cabinet, there are countervailing pressures, with foreign minister Shimon Peres warning that any move to destroy the PA would force him to quit the government. But neither the Bush administration nor the Israelis are ready to relinquish Arafat altogether - not because they necessarily believe he's on the verge of an epiphany over ending terrorism, but because they fear that removing him from the equation would simply leave a dangerous power vacuum and even more chaos...
...there are also financial winners, among them, surprisingly, a few airlines - the low-cost carriers. While some consumers curb their spending, others have a more profligate sense of carpe diem. At a personal level, many people may be nicer to their kids, more suspicious of neighbors, willing to relinquish basic liberties in the name of security. Some have gained faith in a divine power above this earthly mess . . . or lost it completely...
Ashcroft has failed to provide a good reason for this subterfuge. The House and Senate have generally been eager to pass antiterrorism legislation in a form very similar to what the administration has desired. Indeed, the legislative branch has been almost too willing to relinquish its powers to the executive in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. So alarming has the breathtaking concentration of power in the executive branch been that the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and the ranking Republican on the committee, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), recently sent Ashcroft a letter...
...floor in the first half. Harvard’s turnovers ceased for the most part, and strong play on the offensive glass led to easy points. An 11-6 run six minutes into the half put Harvard up 44-40 and gave it a lead the Crimson would not relinquish...
That ratio is not likely to change soon, but the stigma attached to mothers who relinquish custody is dissipating. Houston tennis pro Ross Persons and his wife divorced when their daughter Michelle was five. Although he shared custody, "I did not see her enough," he recalls. "You don't have those moments of sitting around just enjoying each other." So he was delighted when, seven years later, his ex-wife suggested that Michelle move in with her father. Now 22 and a college student, she still lives in Persons' home but sees her mother often. "Every child is looking...