Word: relinquish
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...mothers with equally well-to-do husbands.” Indeed, the women that Basham upholds as paradigms of her “career partner” include the wife of the founder of Amazon.com and the wife of the former CEO of Time Warner. These are women who relinquish financial autonomy and rely on their husbands for monetary support. Yet, for the majority of women, the decision to leave the workplace in order to become their husbands’ most dutiful cheerleaders is far more risky. With a 50-50 chance of divorce and the unforeseeable risk of spousal...
...Penn,” Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said. After the lead went back-and-forth early on in the second half, a jumper from the foul line by Wright gave his team a 37-35 lead just over four minutes after the break. The Crimson would not relinquish this lead, as it kick-started a 21-6 run over the next eight minutes. Harvard’s stifling defense forced five turnovers in that stretch as the home team pulled away. Captain guard Andrew Pusar’s three with just under eight minutes left made...
...family coping with an unexpected death. Not long into the film, Trudi Angermeier (Hannelore Elsner) discovers that her husband Rudi (Elmar Wepper) is going to die. Concealing this fact, she convinces him that they need a vacation, but then unexpectedly dies herself on the Baltic Coast. Initially unable to relinquish his grief, the aging Rudi travels to Japan carrying all his money and a suitcase of his wife’s clothing in an attempt to transport her spirit to the one country she had always longed to visit. Once in Tokyo, which takes the adage...
...third period, senior forward Sarah Wilson swooped in to save the day for Harvard. After Raiders goalie Kimberly Sass turned away a shot by sophomore center Anna McDonald, Wilson hammered the rebound under Sass and into the net to give the Crimson a lead it would not relinquish. “It was a huge goal for us,” Harvard tri-captain Jenny Brine said. “It gave us confidence in the last three minutes. We basically killed their momentum.” The goal was timely in more ways than one. The Crimson?...
...after a spokesman for Tsvangirai's party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), likened joining Mugabe's administration to committing "political suicide." Though Tsvangirai captured 5% more votes than Mugabe in the Mar. 29 presidential election, a campaign of violence against MDC supporters and Mugabe's stark refusal to relinquish power after nearly 30 years of uninterrupted rule has brought the Zimbabwean government to a standstill at the worst possible time...