Word: retreated
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...issue of ever-weakening staff-student relation is popping up on meeting agendas all across campus--from house committees to next weekend's Dining Services management retreat...
...ancient hilltop monastery in Macedonia, a young monk named Kiril (Gregoire Colin of Olivier, Olivier) finds a frightened girl (Labina Mitevska) hiding in his cell. She is, we learn, the victim of ethnic hatred, and once her enemies track her down, the peace of this retreat is violently, permanently shattered...
...Oval Office without his permission, and he conducted a none-too-private search for people to replace them. But Ickes had different ideas. In recent weeks he and his protege, newly appointed White House political director Doug Sosnik, reversed Panetta's decision. At a retreat in Virginia in early February, Ickes told a gathering of Democratic Senators up for re-election, "I have been tasked by the President to handle the political operation over the next two years." Ickes' colleagues at the White House and the Democratic National Committee say no one dares challenge...
...Clinton Administration made another strategic retreat today before the House GOP juggernaut, this time proposing to soften provisions of the Endangered Species Act. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt released a set of 10 guidelines that would "balance endangered species protection with economic development," including a proposal to forgo enforcement in single-home residential tracts, or on issues that affect areas smaller than five acres. The plan also requires more scientific study before declaring species in danger and gives states and local officials more discretion. The House passed a tougher bill Friday by a vote of 277-141 that would require federal...
...what happens when you randomize the lottery and put a block of eight athletes next to a block of ten computer hackers? Each block will retreat into itself, maintaining social ties outside of the house and not creating a house community. The architecture of most houses, comprised of small entryways and suites with common rooms, allow people to isolate themselves easily, even within the same house...