Word: relinquish
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Obsessed as he is, Randall insists he will someday relinquish the reins. He says he is looking, not too urgently, for a successor. The odds are against his building an institution that can last. But Timon finally makes the case that perhaps there is an institution that should last...
Meanwhile, Harvard should either institute a competitive bidding process for reunion busing activities or justify publicly and concretely why it doesn't need one. Murphy should explain his lack of candor about his relationship with Cavalier. Murphy's superiors should insist that he relinquish his ties to Cavalier--or give up his involvement with Commencement busing. No police officer should have the right to treat himself or his friends like VIPs when there's a chance that he's doing so at the University's expense...
...Silva had written in an open letter to TheCrimson's staff the afternoon of the originalincident that he would relinquish his position ifStoll were to continue as president...
...idea is anathema in Israel -- yet becoming thinkable to some of the 115,000 settlers who have laid claim to the West Bank land they call Judea and Samaria, an integral part of Eretz Yisrael, the land God gave to the Jews. Although none have yet been asked to relinquish their settlements, many fear the worst is soon to come, and they are determined to resist...
...surprising wrinkle in the DeBoer-Schmidt case is that it turns more on a father's willingness to relinquish his child than a mother's. Dan Schmidt's quest has raised issues that to date remain largely unresolved. The first question adoption agencies ask birth mothers is whether the baby's father will consent to giving up the child. If the mother doesn't know, some agencies will refuse the case in order to avoid possible court battles. Private adoptions such as the DeBoers' are less strict. More of these may be in jeopardy, says Mary Beth Seader, vice president...