The property was one of many the city purchased in 2006 as part of an effort to spend $6.4 million in federal grant money rather than forfeit it, according to Carl Nasto, assistant corporation counsel for the city.
The upside is that big sponsors dislike bad news, and the threat of their departure can force a sport to take rigorous action rather than forfeit a source of the revenue on which it has come to depend.
And the reason for that is the result of a battle, between Bill Clinton and the Republicans, that Mr Clinton was not expected to win.In 1995, still flushed with hubris, the House Republicans under Newt Gingrich closed the government down rather than forfeit the tax cuts they wanted.
Mr. Rothman said in an interview yesterday that much as he would like Ms. Kovell to be released from jail and receive the help she needs, he believed that the judge was unlikely to approve Mr. Credico's bail money, because he is a stranger to Ms. Kovell, and she would have little if any incentive to return to court rather than forfeit the money and flee.
The away team were effectively forced to play and gain the 'loser's point', rather than forfeit the match and earn no points at all.
Certainly in our day and age of few heroes, and even fewer individuals who would sacrifice it all rather than forfeit their values or their freedoms, and where those who do take a stand (whether it be for principle, honor, freedom or the right to hold onto one's property) are rarely commended, the Western is a powerful reminder that once we were such a people.
And despite the hundreds of thousands of dollars the Russians are said to have paid him, Bonnie Hanssen will be allowed to keep the couple's suburban home, rather than seeing it forfeited, and will receive a share of his pension.
Meanwhile, Lord Browne's memoir, Beyond Business, describes Fridman as second in command in the Russian state and a tough negotiator: "He would give you the feeling that he would rather forfeit everything than give up on a single crucial point," he wrote.
In health care, the government will allow patients to combine private medical care with publicly covered medicine in many more cases, rather than forcing them to forfeit their public coverage when opting for advanced treatments.
And there are the countries who forfeit rather than play, bringing hatred and sectarian strife into the games.
