Word: relinquish
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...desires for assimiliation and social mobility and the need to identify with their ethnic group. For most, this conflict is predominantly internal. For Black students, the battle is external as well, involving the daily, Herculean labor of confronting a broader university population which in one breath insists that Blacks relinquish their blackness (whatever that means and whatever bit they still have) and in another claims knowledge and understanding of Black values, experiences, and dreams...
...exchange for peace, Israel agreed in 1979 to give the captured Sinai back to Egypt. But few Israelis are prepared to relinquish much of the other occupied lands. At a minimum, Israeli defense experts would insist on retaining control of the Jordan Valley, the string of hills stretching down the spine of the West Bank, and particularly the Golan Heights. To strengthen the argument that compromise is now possible, some Israelis point out that their country is no longer in danger of imminent annihilation, as it was in 1967, and can afford to make concessions for peace...
...most impressive play of the day came near the end of the third period. With the score tied at four, Garvey spun past his defender and hit a wide-open Lux with a cross-cage pass. Lux buried the shot to give the Crimson a lead it would not relinquish...
...number two singles, Harvard's Arkie Engle scored a straight-sets victory to give the Crimson a lead it would not relinquish...
With his team trailing 2-1 at the beginning of the second period, Bourbeau scored to tie and then to give Harvard a lead it would never relinquish. For an encore, he put the best move of the entire tourney on a startled pair of St. Lawrence defensemen and fed teammate C.J. Young at the goalmouth for an easy stuff shot...