Leon Panetta, America's defence secretary, called for outside oversight of church finances when he was a director of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, a position he relinquished in 2009 to become director of the CIA.
In 1951, with most of the family in exile, Gyenendra, then just an infant, was installed as a puppet king, a position he relinquished with the return of his father, Mahendra.
Scott's death, rather than killing the band, was followed by AC/DC attaining their greatest heights: the Back in Black album became the second biggest-selling album ever, behind Michael Jackson's Thriller, and gave the group a position – never relinquished – as one of rock'n'roll's biggest draws.
He also took charge of Aston Villa twice, Wolves and Lincoln City and returned to Watford in 2009 in the role of chairman, a position he relinquished two years ago, although he remains a life president.
With the formation of the coalition in 2010 he was appointed as co-chairman of the Liberal Democrat parliamentary committee for health and social care, a position he relinquished at the end of 2013 to focus on producing a report examining the social and economic issues facing the north.
Having previously won six Best Female Golfer ESPY Awards (1996, 1998 99, 2002 04), Sörenstam also received the 2005 ESPY Award as Best Female Athlete When the first-ever official Women's World Golf Rankings were unveiled in February 2006, Sörenstam was confirmed as the number-one player in women's golf, a position she relinquished to Lorena Ochoa on 22 April 2007.
Late last week, it appeared that the family might reject the deal, but then two pivotal family elders who had argued against the deal, Jane Cox MacElree and her brother, William C. Cox Jr., shifted positions; she relinquished voting control of some shares, and he switched sides and decided to support the sale, people close to the family said.
Some of this, no doubt, was because this "Salome" was to be Mr. Ozawa's final Tanglewood performance as music director of the Boston Symphony, a position he relinquishes at the end of next season.
The better position, therefore, relinquishes the illusory appeal of the idea of cosmic justice if there is a God, let God handle cosmic justice and locates the value of suffering in the context of a desert agent giving a wrongdoer the punishment he deserves for a particular wrong.
Fernando Alonso controlled much of the race from pole position, only relinquishing the lead when he pitted, and he went on to take his third victory of the season.
