Word: relinquish
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...living the past four years in the U.S., it is only now that I have adjusted to the social and financial variances that exist between the two sound, yet different, democratic systems. The Russians' desire for more control may reflect a way of life that will take decades to relinquish, for most of them have no hands-on experience that democracy works. JEFF STEIN Chicago Via E-mail...
Harvard kept it up the next weekend, splitting two home doubleheaders against Columbia and defending Ivy League champion Penn. The Crimson finished that second weekend of the season in first place in the Red Rolfe division, a lead it would never relinquish...
After Ohio State and the Crimson battled to an 18-18 tie midway through the second quarter, the Buckeyes surged ahead to take a 26-20 halftime lead they would not relinquish...
...defend a perimeter without land mines," an Army officer says. "But it's just politically incorrect to support the use of land mines right now." The ability to block an enemy's retreat by quickly dropping mines from the air is another advantage that some officials are loath to relinquish. "Mine opponents say it's a matter of morality and not military utility," says the officer. "But is it moral to put your own guys at risk--knowing your adversary isn't going to do that--in order for you to feel good about yourself? That's a very narrow...
...been more casualties. Since December, eight NATO soldiers have been killed and more than 40 wounded. The human cost, however, bears measuring against what the peacekeepers have so far achieved. By last Saturday all three rival ethnic factions had vacated virtually every piece of land they had pledged to relinquish. By the Balkans' bloody standards, that is extraordinary...