Word: retreating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Friedman's controversial opinions range far beyond his evaluation of the Federal Reserve. He propagates them tirelessly in books, in classrooms, in testimony before congressional committees, in private chats with policymakers, and in a triweekly column for Newsweek. Last week he left his Vermont mountaintop retreat, where he customarily spends about half his time studying and writing, for a rapid round of evangelistic appearances. He flew to Washington to meet with a Nixon commission that is studying plans for a U.S. shift to an all-volunteer Army. Later he made a speech in Manhattan, then went to Boston. Dressed...
Angrily refusing to retreat, Dayan also left the Cabinet meeting. While the other Ministers continued the debate, he went to a Jerusalem hotel, where he wrote out a statement of resignation. But before he could make it public, Premier Golda Meir, who apparently had become alarmed at Dayan's stubbornness, sent aides to bring him to her office for a long talk. Under her calm persuasion, Dayan cooled off and withdrew his resignation threat...
...last two decades of his life, Voltaire lived in celebrated retreat with his niece at Ferney. Chronically grumbling about his health, he wrote prodigiously in six languages, expanded his farms, established watchmaking and lacemaking workshops, and built more than a hundred houses as a kind of 18th century real estate developer...
Participation in the fall Christian Fellowship retreat here increased from 35 last year to 100. Meetings held by the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship (HRCF) have drawn large crowds to the Union's small dining room every Friday night. And nearly 60 students now meet daily in prayer and discussion groups to explore the meaning of Christ's teachings...
...Wellesley women took part in Harvard's retreat in 1968, but 30 joined this year's retreat. Wellesley's Fellowship President, Ruth Ricsner, said, "Itis God working." She said many members had prayed last year and over the summer for increased activity in the fellowships...