• Alas, like most wealthy drinkers, Australians are forsaking beer for wine and other unmanly tipples.

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  • Perhaps because that would have meant forsaking about 90% of the market, Netscape declined.

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  • What is the incentive for forsaking the stuff if the individual is not going to be held accountable?

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  • In the 1920s, though, it seemed that Steichen was forsaking his paintbrush so he could peddle bourgeois fantasies.

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  • Consumers have been forsaking iPhone 5 and buying in droves Samsung Galaxy Grand.

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  • All this would be similar to a homeowner forsaking a 4.5% fixed-rate 30-year mortgage for a variable-rate mortgage of nearly 5%.

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  • In most of Asia's maturing economies, planners are forsaking such direct measures as favoritism, tax breaks and concessionary loans to promote development.

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  • But those who doubted his motives for forsaking his Canadian nationality for a British passport in 1995 have been silenced by his dedication to Davis Cup.

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  • Anyone who has contemplated forsaking the perceived, if not real, security of employment to start a small business has come face-to-face with the fear of failure.

    FORBES: Beware The Many Faces of Fear

  • The writers, after all, are forsaking their main audience, given that the readership for poetry these days consists primarily of people hired to judge poetry contests.

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  • The entire development team is striving to make Dark Souls II an experience that is fresh while not forsaking its roots in presenting players with challenging gameplay.

    FORBES: Connect

  • He moved back to United States in 1991 and made the decision to move straight to the NBA from high school, forsaking the usual route via the competitive world of college basketball.

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  • Energy investment would go to relatively inexpensive efforts that can have a high impact over the longer term, while forsaking the dream of abundant clean energy jobs arising in the immediate future due to government subsidies.

    FORBES: Why "Green Jobs" Don't Belong in Obama's Jobs Program

  • Forsaking words, or articulate thought at all?

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  • By making the choice to be a mature company, Apple is not forsaking growth, but it is signaling that its emphasis will be on protecting the profitability of its current franchises first before seeking out new growth opportunities.

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  • If they lose themselves in the long climb up the ladder and the ruthless shattering of glass ceilings, forsaking their families in the pursuit of position and status, they will have to deal with the fallout of that too.

    FORBES: A Call For More Lady Macbeths: The World Is A Better Place When Women Do Erratic And Exciting Things

  • So Paul, by forsaking a tool that so many of his colleagues seem to love, and understanding how to capitalize on an existing media narrative, came across looking courageous and principled and dominated the news cycle for 24 hours.

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  • Forsaking the after-lunch trail ride, I went instead to check out the FarmStead's charcuterie and creamery, my first glimpse of Blackberry's serious commitment to producing its own artisanal foods, which embraces its extensive farm gardens, plus its own butcher, bakers, jam-maker and chocolatier.

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  • Britain has long enjoyed close relations with the Arab world but Mr Cameron was in opposition when Tony Blair helped rehabilitate Colonel Qaddafi as a reward for giving up his weapons of mass destruction, forsaking terrorism and helping out in the fight against al-Qaeda.

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  • Though five-star resorts such as the Intercontinental, the Hyatt and the Kempinski have long made their mark on this most diminutive of Indian states (all characterised by top-notch service, opulent surroundings and calm, sand-raked beaches) there is nevertheless much charm to be had in forsaking the mammoth swimming pools and generic - if generous - resort bedrooms, and plumping instead for a stay in one of Goa's most evocative, charismatic, heritage boutique hotels.

    BBC: Goa's boutique gems

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