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...West Bank following Israel's "Operation Defensive Shield," Arafat will likely demand greater Israeli withdrawal as a precondition for any cease-fire. But while ending the siege of Arafat was a symbolic gesture Israel could undertake at little tactical cost, the Israelis may be more reluctant to relinquish the ability to send troops into Palestinian towns at a half hour's notice in response to any specific attack or threat...
Cornell capitalized by hitting a bloop single over sophomore shortstop Rachel Goldberg to bring in Alvarez and take a lead it would not relinquish...
Rakoff also said that Nesson was not pressured to relinquish control of the class...
With the opportunity to appoint a new member to replace Winokur, the Corporation should relinquish a bit of its power and allow those affected by the decision—students, faculty, workers and alumni—to make the selection. A committee to select the new Corporation member should include representatives elected by each group. It should have binding decision-making power, rather than being yet another advisory group whose recommendations the University can summarily reject or significantly modify...
...pinning its hopes on that motley crew, but most of the rest of the world believes that an international peacekeeping force is essential. The obvious solution is to expand ISAF's mandate from Kabul to cover the whole country. But Britain will relinquish its six-month leadership of ISAF in mid-April; its most likely successor, Turkey, is refusing to commit troops without an assurance from Washington that the U.S. will pick up the tab. "The problem is not what needs to be done," says the Western adviser, "the real problem is: Who's going to do it? Only...