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...single FTM article is cut, we are bound by law to relinquish FM to the Boston Phoenix...
Dartmouth served to start the set and seized a quick 3-0 lead--a lead it would never relinquish. Harvard fought back to 3-4, but the Big Green was determined to take at least a set for its efforts in Cambridge. Dartmouth ran off the next six points, and Harvard did not threaten in the set again...
When the article appeared, McDonald's realized it had to try to get its name back. Quittner offered to relinquish the name if McDonald's would pay to have P.S. 308, a New York public school with a special curriculum designed to attract all sectors of society, wired to the Internet on a high-speed connection. The company agreed. ``I took two information have-nots,'' says Josh, ``and turned them into information haves...
...Chechnya holds the gateway through the Caucasus Mountains into the Russian heartland. Once past Grozny, it's a flat, fast tank ride to Moscow. The Russian military planners will never give up both the southern gateways of Georgia and Azerbaijan and the northern gateways of Chechnya, which would effectively relinquish control of the natural barrier the Caucasus Mountains afford. While public opinion rises against Yeltsin, the Russian military machine's influence is still alive and well. Unlike that in Western Europe or the U.S., Russian public opinion cannot swing the government without the blessing of the Russian military. Paul...
...seems likely because it's painless, term limits seem doomed because they're painful. There's no mystery here: those with power rarely relinquish it voluntarily. So while most members of Congress favor limits rhetorically, many are intent on ensuring that limits never become law. These members are like St. Augustine, who prayed to be given the virtue of chastity...