Word: retreating
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ousting protest from campus during Jiang's visit: Not only was the planned protest area closed, but the only alternative campus area offered by Harvard was William James Hall--far from Memorial Hall and far from the route of Jiang's motorcade. The rally preferred to retreat to the area of the Swedenborg Chapel, which faces Memorial Hall. Although the church grounds are private, non-Harvard property, Epps took the time and effort to come over during the rally and personally harass the owners. There was also a least one instance in which a protester with a valid Harvard identification...
...mesmerizing pair of panics--the headlong retreat on Monday followed by a buying frenzy the next day--is causing policymakers, corporations and investors to make an abrupt re-evaluation of the economy and the stock market in the face of an unexpected jolt from the Far East. If the market is the sum of all investors' knowledge at any given moment, as many theorists argue, then what on earth is this barking dog trying to tell...
...world; however, those of us who succeeded placed ourselves out front and on the line. If Hillary wants a legacy, she should take risks: stake out a position of power for which there is responsibility and accountability. She should not hide behind policy and nice ideas that she can retreat from when things turn sour...
Hours later Wall Street was in full retreat. The global economy, once an abstraction to most people, had shown up front and center to deliver the bad news. Investors, fearing that the earnings of large U.S. companies exposed to Asia would suffer, began to sell. On Thursday the market dropped 186.88 points. On Friday, while the Hang Seng recovered, the Dow fell an additional 132.36 points, unable to take comfort in the good news. In New York City, out-of-favor issues ranged from big airlines with Pacific routes, like American and United, to consumer-product companies like Coca-Cola...
...ticket item for Clinton, and the Administration has repeatedly said the relationship cannot reach its "full potential" as long as abuses persist. A high-profile gesture from Jiang would help: the release of well-known dissidents like Wei Jingsheng and Wang Dan, some sign of religious freedom, a credible retreat on prison labor. But berating Beijing on human rights only injures its sense of sovereignty and challenges the regime's legitimacy. Jiang has given little indication that he is willing to do any of those things for the summit's sake, and China experts say he is especially loath...