Word: relinquish
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...defective chemical suits 12. He labeled McCain "anti-New York" 13. McCain called Robertson and Falwell "__ of intolerance" 14. Kind of discrimination 15. Spain's Princess __ 17. Politically incorrect suffix 18. Novi Sad resident 20. __ attack (hacker's ploy) 21. Cass Elliot was one 22. China won't relinquish its right to use force here 24. Went white 25. Arbitrator Shyam __, who halved Rocker's suspension 26. Women's patriotic org. 27. Airline that's going Chapter 11 30. Kind of profiling at issue 33. Score after deuce 34. Prefix with chloride or oxide 35. First name...
...fact no difference in the number of hours worked by parents and nonparents. Similarly, Burkett profiles a well-to-do mother who claims child-care tax credits for a job undertaken for "stimulation" but fails to acknowledge that even in the current economic boom, few dual-salary parents can relinquish half their household income without painful consequences. Suggesting that work is a luxury rather than a necessity is cruel in an era when half of all marriages end in divorce and--according to Burkett's own figures--38% of single-mother families live below the poverty rate...
...concern (and wish him luck with the shot hetook) and happily take my chances with the Koreans. But of course that's not how the order-giving business works, and if you want to be in it, whether for Country, Adventure or College Money, you have to relinquish some claim to making your own calls. (Yes, they can strap you down and stick you while you scream, if they want, but it seems unlikely. Think of the p.r.) But until Congress catches up, or until I get pregnant, it seems to me that the realhonorable thing, for this soldier...
...wake up and realize that there is only one solution to the Northern Ireland problem [WORLD, Feb. 21]: Britain must cut the umbilical cord to that troublesome province. After all the suffering the people have gone through, the result of a nationwide referendum would overwhelmingly indicate that Britain should relinquish its relationship with Ulster for good. Northern Ireland's warring communities, when faced with the prospect of managing their own affairs, would have to lay down their arms and iron out their differences. The consequences of such a state of affairs could lead to lasting peace. So let Tony Blair...
Harvard came out strong defensively in the second half and actually took a brief 35-34 lead on Clemente's layup off a Penn turnover. Jordan then scored five straight points and gave the Quakers a lead it would never relinquish...