Word: retreatant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...retreat," as Epps dubbed the event, seemed a perfect example of Epps' plan to promote interaction among students of various backgrounds. The event included a two-hour break into "race relations working teams." Participants shared attitudes about multiculturalism: the extent of problems posed by it and the means to achieve a healthy multicultural environment...
...first major event Epps plans is a racerelations retreat today for student leaders, racerelations tutors and proctors, and College staff...
...retreat will include a picnic and cookout,as well as role-playing workshops on racerelations...
When darkness falls, the remaining residents, mostly Serbs, retreat into their homes, respecting the 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew. Distant artillery fire rumbles through the night. And the militiamen drink. Humanitarian groups receive frequent reports of inebriated Serbs searching out and murdering any remaining Muslims they can find...
...million. Animal-rights activists have crippled the fur trade, and killing helpless animals for sport is no longer fashionable. The result is that these mindlessly multiplying creatures are chewing up more trees than anyone can count. It is foolhardy to suggest that the anti-fur-coat folks should now retreat and give thousands of women -- not to say the environment -- a break. It is not crazy, however, to provide the beavers with contraceptives, so Wildlife 2000 has arranged to trap beavers, sort out the females and fit them with Norplant, the birth-control device. It might work, says Montana veterinarian...