Word: retreated
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...philosophy emerges more clearly in a "Meditation" she is preparing for one of the cathedral's spiritual retreat: just through a first draft. She summarizes it over the phone for another organizer. It is a fable of the perfect computer, finally complicated, which can answer any question put to it: asked by its creators what the meaning of her is it be more repeatedly and finally answers "Sixty-four." The point being, "L 'Engle explains. "That even our questions are framed with absolutely an idea of direction of what kind of answer we could get or are looking...
...villagers of San Martino, the feast of San Lorenzo is the night when wishes come true. This night, Aug. 10, 1944, there is much to wish for and little hope of satisfaction. The German army is in retreat, dragging its dead across northern Italy. Gangs of Blackshirts, faithful to their Duce, are sweeping the countryside with kamikaze ferocity. The American G.I.s, tough-guy redeemers, may arrive tomorrow or never. So a score of the villagers leave San Martino to escape the carnage-and find what? What these ordinary people find in themselves surprises them: the fierce, fulfilling strength of solidarity...
...leaders in Bonn. One problem the Vice President faces is avoiding the appearance of attempting to influence the West German elections scheduled for March 6, in which the Kohl government faces growing opposition from the Social Democrats, most recently over the missile question. Anything that looks like a U.S. retreat from the zero option, which Kohl has firmly supported, could backfire and create a surge for Kohl's opponents. If there is to be a change in U.S. policy, it would come after the Vice President's return to Washington...
...Columnist Patrick J. Buchanan, who would feel libeled if called a liberal: "The White House is in full retreat-and if the President does not step out into the middle of the road and fire a pistol into the air, it will degenerate into a rout. Upon that assessment, those rejoicing at the spectacle and those sick at heart over it are in concurrence." Buchanan is among the sick at heart...
Meanwhile, in the desert near Palm Springs, Calif., at the edge of the San Jacinto Mountains, where Hubbard once stalked the sands wearing a cowboy hat, cursing and yelling as he directed Scientology films, security is tight. Guards at the Gilman retreat scrutinize cars moving along a highway past a black iron gate, and security men range amid the cactus, chattering into walkie-talkies. There is a sign that says GOLDEN ERA STUDIOS. The only visible reminder of the former presence is a bronze plaque on a replica of a ship's deck. It is dedicated...