Word: relinquishing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three goals Harvard tallied in the following three minutes gave the Crimson a lead it would never relinquish...
...organic society that is Harvard remains a constant. The University resists adaptation of basic features of the modern world. Harvard functions corporately instead of democratically. It is structured paternalistically instead of communally. These characteristics seem so obvious, yet so widely ignored. The majority of students and alumni simply relinquish any claim to republican rights when they enter Harvard's gates or receive the University's seal of approval...
...students did not relinquish those rights so readily. But with rare exception in other years the organic society has prevailed. Students have accepted two philosophies that tend to stifle discontent at the grass-roots level. For one, those who pay tuition view themselves as consumers, not members of a community in which they have a legitimate interest. Purchase the Harvard diploma and leave the rest behind. The second philosophy, probably a more pervasive one, complements the goals of the protectors. This theory holds that the whimsical, temporary wants of students threaten the stability and excellence of a university devoted...
...competition opened with the Crimson's number two player, Rusty Ball, earning a victory over F & M's Christian Spahr, 15-8, 15-11, 15-13, giving Harvard a lead that it would never relinquish...
...past decade, Lisbon and Peking have agreed that Macao, the tiny Portuguese colony and gambler's Mecca at the mouth of the Pearl River, would eventually return to Chinese rule. A major hitch, however, has been the & inability of the two sides to fix a date for Portugal to relinquish its administration of the 6-sq.-mi. enclave...