Word: retreating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...soon as plans for the summit were announced last Friday, speculation began on where it would be held. Locations mentioned included Camp David, the presidential weekend retreat in the Catoctin Mountains of Maryland, and Williamsburg, Va., the colonial capital in which world leaders held an economic summit...
...most part, Heritage USA was about as inspiring as Disneyland. Witnessing the thousands of sincere believers (a.k.a. naive rednecks) who filled this South Carolina Christian retreat, I was treated to a much better performance than watching the PTL Club...
...drove around the entire 3000-acre retreat, past the swamp to be developed into time-share condominiums, past the children's petting farm and the house Billy Graham was born in (it was relocated there), past the Bunkhouse Hotel where believers can get a three-day vacation every year for the rest of their lives for a one-time donation of only...
After a calm morning, a rumor wafts through the exchange: Iran is about to accept a cease-fire in its gulf war with Iraq. High-tech stocks like Matsushita and Fujitsu take off. But the Japanese government cannot confirm the report, and stocks retreat. In the final hour, a wave of panic selling drives the index down by 1203.23 points, to 23,201.22. It is Tokyo's second worst one-day beating ever...
HUCTW leader Kris Rondeau said she would not comment on the UAW retreat until it has been officially announced. But organizers at HUCTW headquarters on Winthrop St. celebrated the action...