Word: relinquish
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...Africa’s other leaders may not fancy Gaddafi a higher African ruler to whom they should relinquish autonomy. His vision, however, could not be timelier. Africa has simply too many crises and areas of attention for the UN and current AU apparatus to cover. For those who envision an African community capable of handling its own problems and promoting peace, Gaddafi may prove the champion of such a dream...
...like former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon into abandoning the biblical dreams of a Greater Israel stretching all the way from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean. As Olmert recently warned, "If we are determined to preserve the Jewish and democratic character of the state of Israel, we must inevitably relinquish, with great pain, parts of our homeland." In other words, if Israelis cling to the West Bank and Gaza, as many religious Zionists insist, Jews will find themselves a shrinking minority in their own state...
...Hamas' popularity was cemented in the 2006 parlimentary elections in the volatile region, when it won 74 out of 132 seats in a result that shocked Israeli and Western observers. Fatah's refusal to relinquish control following the election forced an explosive week-long showdown between western-backed Fatah forces and Hamas; the infighting culminated the expulsion of Fatah security forces from Gaza and a de facto divide of the territory controlled by the Palestinian Authority between the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip and the West Bank, which remained under Fatah control...
...Crimson dug deep to get away from the Broncos three times when the visitors made it close in the second half. Trailing 37-36 early on after the break, Housman faked and drove to the hoop for a three-point play, giving the team a lead it would not relinquish. Lin copied Housman with his own three-point play on the next possession. Captain guard Andrew Pusar then put back a miss to make it 44-37.Miller put back his own miss the next time up the floor, but Santa Clara would make it 47-43 with 12:08 left...
...Tudor Fieldhouse. Harvard (4-5) took the lead in the final minute with two free throws by junior guard Jeremy Lin, but Rodney Foster answered for the hosts with a three-pointer with 40 seconds to play to give his team a 62-61 lead it would not relinquish. Free throws turned out to be the deciding factor in a game that remained close until the Crimson grabbed an 11-point lead about halfway through the second half. The Owls had a 29-14 free-throw attempt advantage on the game. Rice did not even need excellent shooting from...