Word: relinquished
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...April 1998 Radcliffe College may relinquish its role as an undergraduate college and become an "allied institution," the Boston Globe reports. The following week, students rally in Radcliffe Yard in support of the 120-year-old institution...
Grendel's owner, Herbert Keulzer, could only afford to reopen his establishment's basement bar--high rents forced him to relinquish control over his first-floor restaurant, he said...
...possible? Harvard students relinquish the opportunity for a protest? Now that the Ivy League experience is better represented by "PCU" than "Animal House," rallies have become as popular as parties for student entertainment...
...deserve to be the C.O.,'" she says. In fact, the only change her presence required was to remove the spring-loaded, always-up toilet seat in her cabin's head. The Navy insists that McGrath is under no special scrutiny because of her gender. In fact, she will relinquish her command of the ship a month before the mission ends, simply because the Navy's unrelenting personnel cycle demands...
However, there are few encouraging signs that would indicate a trend in this direction. The regime seems to be fairly comfortable in its commanding position, and unwilling to relinquish the grip it has on Chinese society. Quite ironically, to achieve the goal it seeks the communist leadership must either abdicate or be ready to commit mass murder. Yet how are death threats consistent with appeals to an almost untenable notion of fraternity...