Sentence examples for he subsequently abandoned from inspiring English sources

He subsequently abandoned law for the church, becoming prior of Montdidier.

In order to run as Ronald Reagan's vice-president, he subsequently abandoned his liberal support for abortion rights, and became a staunch opponent of them.

He subsequently abandoned his re-election bid, clearing the way for a Democrat, Michael E. McMahon, to win his seat in November's election.

In the interim, besides developing a film version of "A Chorus Line" (which he subsequently abandoned), he produced the musical "Annie" and the one-woman Broadway show that launched Whoopi Goldberg's career.

This week, Mr. Grassley offered a proposal, which he subsequently abandoned for lack of support, that would have eliminated taxes on stock dividends, but then would have reinstated them after three years.

Although Barnard had planned to continue performing xenotransplantation, he subsequently abandoned his idea conceding that he 'became too attached to the chimpanzee' (Cooper and Lanza 2000, 194).

A company survey indicated that 15percentt of customers sold their cars when they started using Zipcar, and 40percentt of those who signed up said they subsequently abandoned plans to buy a car.

Referring to the plan to tax all bank deposits, subsequently abandoned, he said: "A question has been lodged about what has previously been seen as absolute, the willingness to stand behind assured bank deposits".

While in prison, he pondered theology and subsequently abandoned discussion of occult topics in favor of extraterrestrials and evolution.

In 1953, he refused to sign a loyalty oath as required by the Bell System and told union members that they did not have to sign it as it was not a condition of employment; though he retained his job he lost his next union election and subsequently abandoned a union career.

He also compiled a constitutional amendment (subsequently abandoned) to outlaw school bussing (mandated by federal courts to speed up desegregation).