| 1. | Their abrupt abdication was calamitous to the faithful who stayed behind.
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| 2. | But that abdication does nothing to help his teammates and coaches.
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| 3. | Any abdication of these contracts is contrary to good commercial practices.
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| 4. | It was a total abdication of responsibility, in my opinion.
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| 5. | Tom Brokaw's lengthy royal abdication tour is finally over.
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| 6. | He pointed to the abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936.
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| 7. | Abdication would amount to " abandonment, desertion,"
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| 8. | Under these circumstances, decommissioning or abdication of arms is nonnegotiable.
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| 9. | Most of his proposals, however, died with his abdication.
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| 10. | The abdication did not automatically make Ferdinand the Holy Roman Emperor.
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