The second Councilman was told he would see them again only if he abandoned his opposition to the first Councilman's stand.

Thus, France abandoned its opposition to Russia after the establishment of a republic.

In the next day or two, there'll be a chance to do something about it -if Senate Republicans will finally abandon their adamant opposition.

New York City's powerful teachers' union is preparing to abandon its decades-old opposition to mayoral control of the city's public education system.

Still, it seemed to many that the battle-scarred Mankiewicz had abandoned his principled opposition to all such oaths.

Over the last three years, he has abandoned his opposition and now favors a limited hunt to reduce the number of bears, officials said.

Labor also abandoned its opposition to new settlements on the West Bank, agreeing to eight a year.

A House panel endorsed a bill today to remove the barriers, and the leading Senate critic of the bill abandoned his opposition.

The changing composition of parochial schools, in turn, contributed to the decision by evangelical Protestants to abandon their traditional opposition to school vouchers.

To press for a capital case against him, they would have to abandon their opposition to execution.