Word: retreater
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...bound by familiar candidate-craft made him attractive, at first, to voters weary of politicos from central casting. But those same qualities, carried to excess, barred the Texas billionaire from expanding his astonishingly strong start into a durable effort. When he fled the field last week, Perot explained his retreat the way he had justified his invasion in February -- just doing his public duty. Then, in the face of charges that he was deserting the volunteers he had mobilized, he offered to construct a third force that would exert leverage on the major parties...
Epps is planning a retreat for student leaders in the fall, and student organizations involved in last semester's controversy have pledged to continue to meet. But it remains to be seen how much impact Epps will have on race relations and whether he will be able to soothe the campus...
...hope to make a new start and are presentlyplanning a retreat that would include racerelations tutors in the Houses, student leadersand college staff," Epps said...
...said he thinks the retreat is a good idea,but also called for more widespread efforts torelieve racial tensions...
...other TV people from around the globe, held in the picturesque Canadian Rockies. Eight days of screening 130 programs, debating their merits and awarding prizes in 10 categories produced three chief surprises. First, after grueling 11-hour days of virtually nonstop TV viewing, it was still possible to retreat to the hotel room and turn on David Letterman without going bonkers. Second, despite the obvious differences in national and cultural background among the jurors (who came from Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Germany and Japan, as well as the U.S.), there was a surprising degree of consensus on which shows were...