Word: retreater
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...design was a stroke of genius. Filling the enormous stage with crates of various sizes, surrounding them with gray windows and walls that rose to the sky in a cruel hybrid of prison and cathedral aesthetics and topping it all with a series of candle chandeliers which could retreat to the heights of the theater or lower to ground level singly or in battalions, Hatley effectively literalized the boxed-in nature of Hamlet’s privileged world. At the Wilbur, unfortunately, all that remains is a miniaturized version of a set designed for a far larger stage. The actors...
...rolled into Gaza Tuesday in response to a Palestinian mortar attack on an Israeli town, with some of their commanders vowing that they could stay for months. Then Colin Powell spoke, condemning the Israeli reaction to a Palestinian provocation as "excessive and disproportionate" - and within hours the Israelis had retreated. Asked whether the U.S. criticism has influenced the decision, Dore Gold, an adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, told CNN, "We pay very close attention to statements made by the United States and they're very important to us." Other Israeli leaders said the retreat had been ordered even before...
...Even though the Israelis were back in a different part of Gaza Wednesday for a quick in-and-out operation, Tuesday's events reinforced the notion that Washington retains an ability to influence Israel's actions - and that's bad news for a Bush administration that had hoped to retreat from the intimate mediating role in the Middle East established by President Clinton. The moderate Arab regimes that already have peace agreements with Israel are increasingly alarmed by the escalating violence - which threatens not only regional stability, but also their own domestic political equilibrium - and have urged Washington to take...
...they at all concerned about creating the impression among Palestinians and Arab leaders that when Washington called a halt, the Israelis retreated? After all, that could raise pressure on the administration to resume President Clinton's "referee" role, from which they'd been trying to retreat...
When Walden conducts seminars--whether in Italy or India--they sell out months in advance. "She's one of the crown jewels," says India Supera, executive director of the Feathered Pipe yoga retreat in Helena, Mont. Yoga is more popular than ever, and Supera credits Walden's early teaching videos with helping move it into the mainstream...