Word: retreater
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...retreat leaves some disturbing question marks about Clinton's leadership. Perhaps the president has decided that his domestic program and popularity are more important than these groundbreaking missions. If so, he has made a serious error in judgment. Worse, Clinton could be unaware of the ramifications of his actions. Neither alternative bodes well for U.S. foreign policy or for the future...
...collapse, he reasoned, America could freely indulge its passion for promoting democracy and protecting human rights. The President was quickly labeled the archetypal New Interventionist, and promising forceful action became a staple of his statements. The cost of such promises became clear in Bosnia, Somalia and Haiti. Clinton's retreat from all three has accommodated the public's revulsion at risking American lives without an obvious national interest on the line. When humanitarian interventions require force, the President has learned, there is safety in indifference...
...Davis called the treaty as it stands now a "partial retreat...
...goes out of me and I feel terribly weak. I'm depleted." After a crusade he returns to relax with his wife Ruth in the rambling log home that she designed years ago as their sanctuary. It sits up in the Blue Ridge Mountains above Montreat, North Carolina, a retreat from the demands that press upon him continually...
...national holiday and we should respect it," said Julia W. Andelman '97, who skipped section in Music 2, "Fundamentals of Music Theory I," to attend a retreat with the student music group Collegium. "There's a reason we don't have classes...