The mast on his yacht broke in rough weather forcing him to abandon it.
But Bolivia had a further reason: the compensation paid to farmers to abandon it.
His apparent decision to abandon it dismayed voters and damaged his credibility on other issues.
Yet, however frustrating Cyprus may be, it would be wrong to abandon it.
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Brits developed part of the area and built an extensive aqueduct for mining, only to abandon it during the Mexican Revolution of 1910.
When you find a platform that works, extract every ounce of value and be willing to abandon it without looking back.
But Mr Barak devoutly rehearsed the catechism before leaving, and feels that to abandon it would be political suicide for him too.
In reality, it was precisely because the gold standard was working so well that Nixon felt he had no choice but to abandon it.
In addition, some Caribbean countries such as Jamaica and Trinidad remain determined to retain it despite international pressure to abandon it or restrict its use.
Rather than update their poverty line, they propose to abandon it.
Then, there were people who bought onto it slowly, for political advantage, and were immediately willing to abandon it as soon as the political advantage went the other way.
That policy may bring even higher inflation and higher oil prices in the short-run, and force the Fed to abandon it in the future, postponing a mild recession now to a deeper recession tomorrow.
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Only then can America expect to gather wide support from other countries to isolate Iran and force it to abandon the nuclear path it has chosen.
At the same time, however, it refuses to abandon the idea that it is the job of the government to champion particular industries.
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Burberry has said consultations were continuing and that it did not intend to abandon Britain, where it employed almost 2, 000.
Burberry has emphasised that it does not intend to abandon the UK and it has offered Welsh staff jobs at its Yorkshire plant.
"It's time for Washington Democrats to abandon their 'go it alone' approach and work with Republicans on true reform that expands Americans' access to affordable health care, " he said.
To make peace in due course, it might have to abandon its present position.
However, the board was forced to abandon this position as it became clear that Mr Mack was a popular choice with both investors and staff.
It has in the works a selection of high-performance cars, all aimed at the lucrative American market, which its financial woes led it to abandon in the mid-1990s.
The more Americans abandon it to go mobile-only or make phone calls over the internet, the more fragile it becomes: its high fixed costs have to be spread over ever fewer subscribers.
The carrier had previously planned an offering for the middle of last year but delayed it after high fuel costs and airport charges caused it to abandon loss-making flights to London, Paris and two Indian cities in March 2012.
Without a deal by Monday night, the tiny Mediterranean island nation of about 1 million would have faced the prospect of bankruptcy, which could force it to abandon the euro currency and spur turmoil in the eurozone of 300 million people.
Party president Tim Farron said it would be "flipping crackers" to abandon the deficit reduction goals, as it would lead to "market chaos" and rising interest rates and unemployment.
In all likelihood, in fact, it'd have to abandon the 3.5-inch Retina Display -- it might be too big for a "smaller" model anyhow.
To be a successful public company these are precisely the qualities it will have to abandon.
But it is clear we have passed a watershed and that the Politics of Debt challenges our politicians to abandon their traditional discourse and replace it with something more relevant and realistic.
The plan was to set cement plugs in the well, temporarily abandon it, and move the Deepwater Horizon off to a new drilling site within a couple days.
But if Euronext decides to abandon the LSE too, it will be left with no suitors and little clear direction.
The government has confirmed it is to abandon its pledge to grant anonymity to men charged with rape in England and Wales.
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