Word: retracting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...evening. Unreliable exit polling led to a premature calling of Florida for Vice President Al Gore '69 even before polls in the state had closed. Later that evening, again instead of waiting for full election returns, the networks heralded a victory for Texas Gov. George W. Bush--only to retract their report less than an hour later...
...about 3:35 a.m., Gore called Bush to retract his concession...
...colleague Josh Tyrangiel just said, "This has now gotten better than O.J." We have now had, and lost, a president-elect. We have had reports of what had to have been the most uncomfortable phone call in American democracy, as Al Gore called to retract his concession, earlier phoned in to his opponent...
When one student asked what branch of the military was the worst in discrimination against gays, May promptly answered "the Air Force" and referred to the five-day period allotted to individuals after "coming out" should they wish to retract the statement...
...nation that gave the world Blitzkrieg. They then follow up by lying to the world's media, sending out a global sigh of relief - which makes the front page from London to Tel Aviv - with a communiqu? announcing that all of the hostages have been freed alive, only to retract the following day and admit they're all dead...