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  • Forfeiting domestic Congressional and public support.

    Amb. Marc Ginsberg: The Palestinians' UN Remains of the Day Amb. Marc Ginsberg 2011

  • Forfeiting downfalls, second set of ten: e.g. making a silk rug; making a rug of only black wool; not patching with a hand span; transporting wool; taking gold and silver; engaging in financial dealings, etc.

    Ordination in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition 2010

  • Forfeiting downfalls, first set of ten: e.g. retaining cloth for 10 days; being separate from one's dharma robes; receiving cloth from gelongma (bhikshuni), etc.

    Ordination in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition 2010

  • Forfeiting downfalls, second set of ten: e.g. making a silk rug; making a rug of only black wool; not patching with a hand span; transporting wool; taking gold and silver; engaging in financial dealings, etc.

    Ordination in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition 2010

  • Forfeiting Ms. Clinton (and her husband/ventriloquist) will insure the same support in November; Republicans are impressed with Obama's eloquence (deflecting Wright's provocative tract) and his reluctance to play the race card.

    Dodd: Obama, Clinton ticket not likely 2008

  • Forfeiting downfalls, third set of ten: e.g. 1. retaining and 2. seeking out an alms bowl; 3. engaging a weaver to weave a cloth and 4. increasing the woven, 5. reclaiming a gift, and so forth

    Ordination in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition 2010

  • Forfeiting downfalls, third set of ten: e.g. 1. retaining and 2. seeking out an alms bowl; 3. engaging a weaver to weave a cloth and 4. increasing the woven, 5. reclaiming a gift, and so forth

    Ordination in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition 2010

  • Forfeiting downfalls, first set of ten: e.g. retaining cloth for 10 days; being separate from one's dharma robes; receiving cloth from gelongma (bhikshuni), etc.

    Ordination in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition 2010

  • Forfeiting an opportunity or sending your grants out the door without real pressure may be one thing for a senior investigator whose lab and reputation are already established.

    Susan Sawyers: Cancer Research and the Stimulus 2009

  • Forfeiting your $3.75 custom-brewed, extralarge, nonfat, no-foam latte every day for a year saves you more than $1,300.

    Enough Already Peter Walsh 2009

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