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Word: retractions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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North Korea's tough-guy bargaining and brazen attempts to retract concessions already given were so unyielding that the U.S. asked for a recess and recalled its negotiators to Washington for consultations. Was the impasse just aggressive brinkmanship by the hard men of Pyongyang or the end of the diplomatic opening begun in June during Jimmy Carter's visit with North Korean strongman Kim Il Sung? The negotiators were not sure, but a State Department official was worried that "we're on the brink of a serious breach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back to Square One | 10/10/1994 | See Source »

Liem said the Li brothers would retract their letters threatening six tutors with libel suits and apologize to those tutors...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Can A House Divided Stand? | 6/7/1994 | See Source »

...north, the Toronto Blue Jays spent less time deciding not to resign Rickey Henderson than they do in deciding whether or not to retract the roof of the Skydome on rainy nights...

Author: By Mike E. Ginsberg, | Title: Baseball is Back | 2/17/1994 | See Source »

Officials of Women Appealing for Change (WAC), a group challenging the final clubs' exclusion of female members, are refusing to retract allegations that the Delphic Club was responsible for a prank played on their organization...

Author: By Laurie A. Sheflin, | Title: WAC Officials Stand By Prank Allegations | 1/7/1994 | See Source »

...However," Walton added, "we cannot retract our previous statement because it remains fact that a Delphic Club member informed a co-chair that the initiates responsible for the prank were Delphic Club members...

Author: By Laurie A. Sheflin, | Title: WAC Officials Stand By Prank Allegations | 1/7/1994 | See Source »

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