Nor is he abandoning his willingness to weave his autobiography into songs, his onstage mixture of bravado and goofiness, or his respect for his parents, the songwriters Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III.
One thing he does that is so interesting is he abandons the punch line.
But in the early 1520's he abandoned paintings in favor of tapestry design.
Was he abandoning his homeland to avoid Hollande's plan to impose an emergency tax of 75 percent on personal income of more than a million euros a year?
He's forgotten her; he's abandoned her; he's wandered off for a drink.
When he was unsuccessful, he abandoned the property in March of this year, with the help of YouWalkAway.
Once he was elected, he abandoned the tax cut and concentrated on reducing the budget deficit.
After his mother died and his sister was adopted, he was abandoned by his father to institutions for orphans and the "feeble-minded".
It's thoughtful Republicans — many of whom have decided to remain Republican — saying it's not us who are abandoning Bush; he's abandoned us, abandoned the Republican Party we've supported all these years.
After his mother's death when he was a teenager, he abandoned acting.
