Word: rescinded
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...word rescind is a concept from the time of the Inquisition. Our forefathers went to 'the stake' rather than rescind their faith. We are not going to the stake...
...bear on the aggressors to give up their territorial spoils. This time around, it looked as if nothing similar could be achieved. The U.S. joined in a unanimous U.N. Security Council resolution that declared the Israeli action to be "null and void" and demanded that Begin's government rescind its legislation. The resolution was not expected to have any effect, but the Council will take up the matter again no later than Jan. 5, at which time a Syrian push for more definite sanctions is likely. Most observers feel that the U.S. is unlikely to support such specific measures...
...Fusion Energy Foundation (FEF) decided to start the drive after President Reagan failed to rescind the "Global 2000" report, made part of this country's foreign policy under former President Jimmy Carter, Michael Gelber, a member of the group, said yesterday...
...dissension spread last week, a hasty compromise was hammered out between the government and Solidarity, the trade union. But the agreement, which promised to rescind the ration cut after one month and make up the shortfall in the future, sidestepped the fact that restrictions are unavoidable in Poland...
Officially, the Church of England does not yet permit its remarried members to receive Communion, though it does authorize the bishop in charge of a diocese to make exceptions. Last February's synod meeting voted in principle to rescind that prohibition. However, a committee headed by the popular new Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, must prepare regulations on both remarriage ceremonies and Communion, and the synod must pass them, before the liberalization is final. That will take at least two years. But most priests are expected to liberalize their practices immediately. Even before the vote, many parish priests...