He knew he might be giving up his best shot at the N.F.L.
"I knew I might be giving up my career, signing my death warrant.
The fact that they emerged was what made me think about young women today, and what they might be giving up, or losing.
"The way these governing documents tend to be written, people don't really understand the extent of what they might be giving up," Dr. McKenzie said.
But five years after the Yankees traded him and cringed at what they might be giving up, Rivera has returned as a 28-year-old defensive specialist.
The fear that companies might be giving up the crown jewels has kept some of them -- or their backers -- from going to a managed security service.
They didn't include productivity gains, if any, from use of the new technology, or possible trade-offs made by consumers who might be giving up, say, some nights at the movies to buy the phone.
There are two catches, warns Catherine Lee Clarke, senior client investment adviser at Sentinel Trust: If you prepay your 2018 property taxes, you might be giving up any right to contest your property valuation.
So, I think you have to think holistically about what you might be giving up, short term and long term, and how you feel about that in terms of work.
Dr. Fins said he sometimes told families that terminal sedation was altruistic, because they might be giving up an extra day or two "of communication with the person you love in the service of that love".
But Mr. Warschauer, who supports laptop programs, said schools like Liverpool might be giving up too soon because it takes time to train teachers to use the new technology and integrate it into their classes.
