51.   The uproar was such that the project was abandoned.

52.   The trio presented a two-page letter to Washington Mutual CEO Kerry Killinger, asking him to abandon the project.

53.   Unocal officials said they abandoned the project long before the sanctions, but defense lawyers cite later articles asserting continuing contact about the pipeline with the Bush administration.

54.   Would the United States require companies to abandon ongoing projects in the Middle East?

55.   Abandoning the project led to a bitter political feud, as opposition lawmakers accused the government of skirting the law and making a unilateral decision without consulting them.

56.   Beethoven lived on, but abandoned the project.

57.   But other nations have abandoned similar projects due to the high costs and dangers associated with handling plutonium, which is highly toxic and radioactive.

58.   But the two companies have fought over a purchase price adjustment in the deal and WGI abandoned the projects last month.

59.   Conoco was forced to abandon the project in May when the Clinton administration banned U.S. companies from contracts to produce oil in Iran.

60.   Develioglu sent protest letters to the environment minister, asking for the project to be abandoned.