Word: retreated
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...world is, and we might as well go on killing for honor or ideology or money. Not the most sensible conclusion, especially in a nuclear age, but it seems to be the standard operating philosophy for most countries, including our own. Or, we could dismiss war as unthinkable and retreat into an eyes-closed pacifism, content with the status quo if only it means no one will...
...Cyril and Methodius Church, where he had been baptized as a child into the Ukrainian Catholic faith. He blew out the votive flame that had been lit on the 100th day of his captivity, and wept when the priest read the Sermon on the Mount. Metrinko now plans to retreat to a cabin deep in the woods for a few weeks. The hideaway has no phone or TV, but, he says "there's a wonderful fireplace, and I'm going to spend my time chopping a lot of wood to keep the fire going...
...countryside, the "final offensive" launched by the guerrillas' Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front has been halted by repeated military onslaughts. One F.M.L.N. leader, Communist Party Secretary-General Jorge Shafik Handel, admitted last week to a "temporary tactical retreat." The offensive has not been defeated, however...
Your stories on Ronald Reagan give one a new insight on the man and particularly his mode of recharging. No one need ever worry about the inner calm of a man who cherishes such a retreat for himself. But why did Mayor Koch appear in PEOPLE astride the camel with Reagan's living-room...
...transfer from Buckeye High to racially mixed Jones Street School. In defiance of the integration order, Lee sent state troopers to escort the students to Buckeye and even did the job himself for four days. In a two-hour session in his courtroom, Scott stressed that he would not retreat on the desegregation plan; he said it would be unfair to the 322 whites already at Jones Street School if the holdouts remained at Buckeye. But Scott also dropped contempt of court charges that could have meant heavy fines for the trio's parents, Buckeye officials and Lee. Said...