Word: relenting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rebellious Bonesmen vow that if the board does not relent, Bones will simply meet elsewhere next year. "Our main objective is communication between members," says Bonesman Douglas Webster. "That can be done anywhere...
...small, given Jerusalem's strong opposition even to discussing the idea of withdrawing from the occupied West Bank and Gaza, much less allowing a Palestinian homeland. The U.S., whose $3 billion annually in aid accounts for 7% of Israel's GNP, could bring definitive pressure on Jerusalem to relent, but the Palestinians do not expect that to happen...
...been the center for the coordination of violent activity for the eventual overthrow of a government. As far as I know, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 has not been stockpiling rocks, molotov cocktails and knives. President Derek C. Bok has not been urging students never to relent in a "holy struggle" against "the Zionist entity...
...much of the world, largely on its own volition, Iran initially sought to prove its self-sufficiency. Tehran sent signals that foreign rescue workers and sniffer dogs were not wanted and, at first, forbade direct rescue flights from abroad. Soon, however, the extent of the destruction forced Iran to relent. Though it barred all aid from Israel and South Africa and refused to accept blood donations from any outsiders, Tehran asked for food, water tanks, electric generators and medical supplies, including blood plasma. The world responded immediately. Japan pledged relief funds and goods worth more than $1.5 million. Britain dispatched...