Word: withdraw
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...more ways than one. Unlike a bank, the University cannot simply withdraw money from the endowment to pay for initiatives not in line with donor’s wishes. And Harvard’s benefactors have earmarked little wealth to pay for certain things, like information technology, where there are significant and growing expenses...
...When the parliamentary weekend approached yesterday, the ministry could breath more easily; for Gaillard had temporarily preserved his government’s existence The independents, who had threatened to withdraw form the Cabinet and thus cause the Premier’s resignation if he compromised too much in the Tunisian dispute, decided to remain, at least temporarily, in the ministry. And at the same time, President Habib Bourbguiba of Tunisian reaffirmed his ties with West and indicated that he might compromise on several of the demands he has made as a result of the French bombings of Sakiet-Sidi-Youseff...
...When he received poor first-year grades, Houghton was advised that he should temporarily withdraw from school in order to acquire more experience in business...
Those salesmen who already had outside addresses do have a legitimate quarrel. They can argue, and rightly, that the University’s Solicitation Committee should not withdraw or withhold their right to sell in dormitories simply because they have not joined a firm which offers them no particular benefits. It seems clear that such “join-or-lose-your-franchise” threats have been at least implied, if not explicitly stated...
...Added to such southern grievances are continuing disputes over the precise demarcation of the internal federal border between north and south under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). In particular, both sides claim Abyei. The north has also been slow to withdraw troops from the south, and suspicions are that it will drag its feet over a referendum, promised by the CPA and due for 2011, in which the south can vote for secession and independence. Complicating the situation is tribal local rivalry in the area, which both sides try to exploit to their advantage...