It is remarkable how much more effective a new year's resolution to lose weight is if you make it public and agree to a forfeit if you fail.
Perhaps even resulting in a forfeit had they stopped scoring.
After Cleveland Heights High took the case to court, the judge in the case at first ruled that a forfeit is a forfeit, so the teams that were in, were out, and those out, were in.
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The loser of one popular game has to do a "forfeit, " such as singing "Puff the Magic Dragon" at the top of the mast, drinking beer through a snorkel and even swimming in shark-infested water.
So Kahn flew a red protest flag from the stern of his racing yacht and forced his son Samuel (Shark) Kahn to forfeit a first-place position in the Mumm 30 World Championship in Toronto last September.
Because of his decision to leave the firm early he will forfeit a significant chunk of those earnings.
Many people forfeit a generous raise by not fully taking advantage of the benefits packages provided by their employer.
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Penalties for a convicted executive can include forfeit of profits, fines and a prison sentence.
In a Chapter 7 you forfeit all your "nonexempt" property and then get to walk away from most of your unsecured debts, including liability judgments resulting from negligence.
The three pled guilty yesterday in Federal Court in Baltimore and they agreed to forfeit more than a million dollars in cash and property.
States have leeway to decide how to implement the rules: ministers could stipulate a tariff above which prisoners forfeit voting rights, or allow judges to remove them as part of their sentences.
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Next question: If you really want a custom-made return profile in which you forfeit some of the upside to buy safety, is a note like this the best way to accomplish your objective?
Zimbabwe refused to play at a neutral venue and decided to forfeit the fixture.
Under the law, they must give a voluntary account of their crimes and forfeit illegally acquired goods, such as lands bought with drug money.
American ninth seed Mardy Fish also exited after being hampered by the abdominal problem which forced him to forfeit in the L.A. quarterfinals.
And Mr Storm does not believe for a minute that Europe's leaders will forfeit their powers over their budgets.
"Just overnight at the stroke of a pen, to change it and to forfeit the whole entire inheritance, to us it seems totally unjust, " Vaso said.
The implication being that they will forfeit co-operation with Russia for a long time ahead.
Meantime, bankruptcy filings are leading to multi-million dollar expenses at a time when businesses can ill-afford to forfeit vast sums of money.
Russia's central bank, which some critics say is too strict, made a step toward transparency and sent a clear message that it isn't prepared to forfeit its independence.
In one game at the Carrier Dome, an orange nearly hit Ewing while he was attempting a free throw, prompting Boeheim to grab a microphone and tell the huge home crowd he would forfeit the game outright if conduct like that ever happened again.
Unlike a pre-tax healthcare flexible spending account, where you forfeit any unused balance at the end of the year under the use-it-or-lose-it rule, you can roll over any unused balance with an HSA, building a tax-free healthcare retirement kitty.
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Such a settlement would be tidy and would not involve the sale or forfeit of any intellectual property to other firms at the expense of shareholders.
Alongside the suspended sentences, the 20-year-old was also given 150 hours community service, a restraining order banning him from contacting his victims and an order to forfeit his laptop for destruction.
"With technology being what students need to learn in order to participate in a global world and economy, I'm not sure schools can forfeit the time to teach cursive, unfortunately, " said Paige French, an eighth-grade history teacher in Dallas, Texas.
You forfeit any unused funds each year, but many employers that offer FSAs give employees a grace period.
Cheney, a former defense secretary and White House chief of staff, has said he is ready to forfeit any options that have not vested by the time he assumes office.
But the attorney overturned the tribunal's ruling, saying publication of these letters would "forfeit his position of political neutrality" and would as such "be seriously damaging to his role as a future monarch".
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