Word: retracted
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Pentagon officials, following Rumsfeld's orders, insisted that Lindh retract his claim of being mistreated by the military. Brosnahan says his client never felt he was intentionally abused by guards, though several took snapshots of one another next to his bound form. Defense lawyers wanted the charges alleging ties to al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups dropped. Says Brosnahan: "We were not going to sign anything that he was a terrorist...
...Macbeth is cursed. Legend has it that on the opening night back in 1606, the boy playing Lady Macbeth died of fever before the show could open. In 1672 for a production in Amsterdam, the actor playing Macbeth apparently used a dagger that accidentally didn’t retract and killed the actor portraying Duncan during a performance...
...move the process forward by fixing both parties' eyes on the political horizon, pressing for a quick resumption of negotiations over Palestinian statehood. On that front, Sharon suggested a regional peace conference, possibly to be held in the U.S. in June. And although the Israeli leader was forced to retract his insistence that Arafat be excluded from the guest list, the difference between Palestinians and moderate Arabs on the one hand and Sharon on the other over the shape, or even the desirability, of a final settlement gave little cause for confidence that the conference would serve as a beacon...
...Hrnicek was victorious—if only for a short while. Then-Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett ’57 agreed to recognize the HCIA, with the stipulation that the group refrain from recruiting and that they maintain their autonomy. But Jewett was later forced to retract the College’s recognition when one of the 10 members of the HCIA withdrew her support...
...least not on company time. So last week's comments by Ari Fleischer suggesting President Clinton's failed push for a final peace deal at Camp David helped spark the intifada actually offer some insight into Bush administration thinking. Although Fleischer was later forced by administration higher-ups to retract his statement that "You can make the case that in an attempt to shoot the moon and get nothing, more violence resulted," the press secretary doesn't make this stuff up on the fly. His comment not only tracks with the Bush administration's own hands-off approach...