Mr. Greason said that he had dreamed of going to Mars his whole life, but that making a "dash" for Mars would be destructive of the dream, leading to its abandonment the way Americans abandoned the Moon.
Soon after the abandonment, the drought lifted.
She liked the anonymity, the abandonment, the 'delicious giddiness'.
It's still possible to find nearly pure novels ("The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P"). and nearly pure romances ("The Days of Abandonment," "The Road").
Before abandonment, the ruling family of the city, like the Itzá of Chichén or the Cocom of Mayapán, was the Tutul Xiu.
The air of melancholy and abandonment, the smell of old classroom and boarded-up seafront is quite separate from the rigorous academic process of its creation.
Far from being a mark of social abandonment, the solo life tends to be a path for moving ahead, for taking control of one's circumstances.
This is a violent and eerie tale, of course — after its abandonment, the creature embarks on a protracted mission of revenge against its misguided maker.
"Through this abandonment the presumption of innocence in favour of Mr Ecclestone remains intact," the defence team wrote in a separate joint statement signed by his lawyers.
Shelter workers and veterinarians blame several factors, including abandonment, the recent warm weather, which extended the mating season, and neglect — owners not spaying or neutering their pets.
"When it comes to abandonment," the Times Picayune grimly noted in a front-page piece on the study, "New Orleans is in a class by itself".
