Forced abandonment of drilling rigs typically happens a couple of times a hurricane season, although the 2009 season was relatively benign, with little disruption.
But within a year, sledgehammer lobbying from the drinks industry and the rage of free-market libertarians in the Conservative party forced abandonment of the plan.
Compressed air alone was used to hold back the water in 1880 in a first attempt to tunnel under New York's Hudson River; major difficulties and the loss of 20 lives forced abandonment after only 1,600 feet had been excavated.
The war made difficulties for all governments in power in Spain after 1868 and forced abandonment of the most popular of the pledges made by the rebels in 1868: the abolition of the arbitrary and socially selective recruitment system.
SOUTH AMERICA In Paraguay, a referee was knocked to the ground and taken to the hospital after he was pushed by a player he had ejected, forcing abandonment of the game between Sportivo Luqueno and Olimpia.
BC, a phase of shallow marine presence prevailed and constrained settlement on higher ground, forcing abandonment of the major part of the plain.
The poor financial state of farmers limited any capacity to absorb losses and forced abandonment of many farms in the ensuing months, particularly as ash-storms continued to bury or destroy scarce feed.
But the wound that stings most for House Democrats might very well be their forced abandonment of their "pay-go" rules, which they had generally adhered to all year.
Although patients with primary FSGS differ from those with type 2 diabetes making it difficult to generalize the risk of serious adverse events from the latter to the former group, concerns about the feasibility of timely recruitment into the FONT Phase II trial forced abandonment of the rosiglitazone arm, leaving a 3-arm study that compares conservative medical therapy, adalimumab, and galactose.
As Uefa last night indicated it has no intentions of allowing terrorists to force the abandonment of the Euro 2016 tournament on French soil, it became clear that the Didier Deschamps' players actively want to play the friendly in London.
