But proponents haven't abandoned the idea of giving someone a national platform to foster public understanding of science and serve as a role model. (sciencemag.org)
When these were put in to practice by many colleagues then behaviour tended to get worse, and most teachers abandoned the ideas after a few weeks. (tdtrust.org)
Many philosophers have simply abandoned the idea of «cause,» but it is impossible to give up all notions of the effect of past events on present ones. (religion-online.org)