Word: withdrew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sons of Massachusetts' governor and its senior senator addressed a Democratic rally on the State House steps yesterday, then withdrew as the Democrats swapped political insults with a rival group of Republicans...
...weight and not to enhance performance. But Gottfried Schodl, president of the International Weightlifting Federation, viewed things differently. Said he: "If you are drunk, it doesn't matter if you drank gin, vodka or Scotch." Both lifters were stripped of their medals by the I.O.C. The disgraced Bulgarians then withdrew their whole weightlifting team, which had shots at five more medals...
...driven rain and placed a mediocre 28th out of 40. Phillips' lot did not improve on the second day: his mount Cartier failed to withstand the speed and endurance test on an obstacle course replete with bamboo hedges and water traps. At that point, the royal son-in-law withdrew from the competition...
...years that will not be presided over by Jim McKay and the other familiar mainstays of ABC Sports. Thanks to a bid of $300 million for the rights, NBC is getting its first crack at an Olympics since the 1972 Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan. (Before the U.S. withdrew, NBC was scheduled to televise the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow...
...next few years in the Senate were not memorable, but when he remarried in 1977, the cloud lifted and he began enjoying his work. By the start of the current presidential campaign, he was one of the most promising Democratic contenders. But he withdrew before the first primary when allegations of resume bloating and plagiarism surfaced, saying "I have only myself to be angry with...