Word: renewable
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...activities of the groups, these fears seem unfounded. The clubs maintain an interclub agreement, under which they pledge to treat each other civilly, and which stipulates disciplinary measures for breaking club or College etiquette. Presumably, if the College extricates itself from their affairs, the clubs may choose not to renew the agreement. But the entire undergraduate membership of the clubs consists of Harvard students, and as such they remain answerable to the College...
After weeks of heated debate last winter, the School Committee voted not to renew Lannon's contract in August, thus ending the Superintendent's nine-year tenure...
...Also abandoned was a civil rights measure that restated the intent of Congress, in the aftermath of a contrary Supreme Court ruling, to deny all federal funds to entire institutions, rather than just to the offending department or program, if discrimination is practiced. Killed, too, was a bill to renew and increase financing of the superfund program under which Washington helps states and localities clean up toxic-waste dumps. The fates of these bills will depend heavily on the unknown makeup of the next Congress and Administration...
Jordan and Egypt renew ties, as Israel and Syria try to cut a deal
...Philip Finnegan reports that for the past two years Saudi Arabian officials have been holding secret talks with the Egyptians in Cairo and Riyadh. The meetings have covered topics ranging from the Iran-Iraq conflict to the threat of Islamic fundamentalism. Yet even if Saudi Arabia were inclined to renew bonds with Egypt, it would most probably work in harmony with the other gulf states...