Word: canceled
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...anyone’s guess what will happen as the 2002 elections approach. One would think that in a time of war, when we are fighting terrorism worldwide, we could muster enough spirit of shared sacrifice to hold off on permanent tax cuts—or maybe even to cancel some that haven’t kicked in yet. But the tax cuts are too precious for Bush to touch, even if he has to turn down the energy department’s plea for new security measures at our nation’s nuclear plants...
...1980s. And while the doves in Sharon's cabinet have pressed for a positive response to the Arab League's overture offering normalization of relations in exchange for withdrawal to 1967 boundaries, instead they've seen even those Arab states with which Israel currently has peace treaties threatening to cancel them in response to the Israeli campaign...
...from the scene. Once the Blackhawk touched down, eight miles from the Lebanese border, Powell took a call from Sharon and expressed his deep regrets over the attack. That day, after consulting with National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, Powell delayed a planned meeting with Yasser Arafat and threatened to cancel it altogether unless the Palestinian leader denounced the bombings--which last week included a suicide attack on a bus in Haifa that killed eight. "It was a group decision," says a senior White House aide. "This was a turning point." Actually, it was much worse: Powell's mission...
...wedding because of the crisis. This week, Bush receives Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia, the author of the recent Arab peace initiative. Believing Bush too biased in favor of Sharon, he turned down previous invitations. Abdullah resisted pressure from other Saudi officials to cancel this trip too, but his message will be just as blunt: The Middle East crisis is worsening, yet the Administration is still waffling...
Most people would have expected Anthony Campolo to cancel his week-long preaching engagement at Memorial Church after he suffered a stroke en route to Boston...