Word: relinquish
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...ailing dictator had been hospitalized with phlebitis, an inflammation of the veins, which was not considered serious. But last week, after his condition worsened, Franco voluntarily made the decision to relinquish power. Officials emphasized that the transfer was only temporary...
...fabled Essen-based Krupp industrial empire, which supplied munitions for Germany's military forays for more than a century, was owned entirely by the Krupp family in 1967 when near bankruptcy forced the Krupps to relinquish control. But ownership still remained exclusively German, with 95% of Fried. Krupp Hüttenwerke AG, the steel-producing operating company, in the hands of a foundation. Last week, the Iranian government and the management of Krupp announced that Iran would acquire a fourth of Hüttenwerke's shares-at an estimated cost of $100 million...
...University Police shall be responsible for maintaining the policy within the Yard," Hall said in a prepared statement. "Students found repeatedly not to be complying with the policy may be asked to relinquish their bursar's cards to a member of the Department...
...then a few strokes after the settle, when Radcliffe got reorganized, that coxswain Nancy Hadley called a power ten that boosted Radcliffe into a lead that it was never to relinquish...
...spur U.J.A. donations in the U.S., Israeli officials had sent the "young leadership group" on a supposedly routine bus trip through the captured Sinai territory that Israel is about to relinquish. After a picture-taking session at a United Nations checkpoint, however, the bus strayed too far down the Ismailia-Tassa road and into Egyptian hands...