Word: retreated
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...closest followers by never once visiting the state of Israel. In the U.S., he created the progressive, or "Modern," wing of Orthodoxy by synthesizing tradition and contemporary culture; but paradoxically for Soloveitchik, now that Orthodoxy is well established in the U.S.,* it tends increasingly to reject his outlook and retreat behind sectarian walls...
...cardboard cutouts. Wooster rambles in and out about his-life-and-so-on until he eventually arrives in the dramatic Promised Land, the arrival of the indespensible Jeeves. The conversation cum soliliquy is punctuated throughout by Wooster's belly laugh, a "MAHAhaha" that would put an armored battalion in retreat...
There is wide difference of opinion in South Africa over whether the electoral changes represent a strengthening of apartheid or are the first steps in a long retreat. Says Helen Suzman, an opposition M.P. and one of the government's most articulate opponents: "The new constitution is based on apartheid. It leaves out the best feature (of a democratic system), namely universal franchise under the rule of law." Zulu Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, a leading black moderate, has declared that those who participated in the recent elections were committing a "mammoth betrayal" of the black population. On the other hand...
...chances of learning more about their views on the issues are remote. A presidential-election campaign is a retreat from specifics, a time of calculated vagueness to thwart adversaries until after the vote...
...satellites has not always been clear, and even Czechoslovak officials have complained about fuzzy communications with the Kremlin. "The Soviets are very insecure right now," said a West German expert on Soviet affairs. "They feel a need to impress discipline on Eastern Europe. Just as they have decided to retreat from world affairs for the moment, they want their minions to do the same...