Word: retreating
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Judge Robert Bork, so foully denied a Supreme Court seat. And here was Richard Viguerie, political direct-mail pioneer and prodigal son. For the preceding few years on New Year's, Viguerie had partied with the enemy, surrounded by moderates and liberals in Hilton Head, South Carolina, at a retreat known as Renaissance Weekend. This year was different. "These are the people I've been in the trenches with for 30 years," Viguerie noted, "and for most of those years, it's been the pits." But not anymore. Viguerie surveyed the gathering throng: "It's like old home week." Welcome...
...temporary security granted by NATO's year-long presence will surely necessitate a permanent position for America within the Balkans, and as such, one which is clearly dissonant with any interpretation of the nation's interests. The much lauded "exit plan" fantastically assumes our ability to retreat from the Bosnian situation once we have morally as well as physically entangled ourselves within it. One would hope that no president is so callous as to renege on an already assumed responsibility. For as many predictions and guarantees have been made, when the time for withdrawal approaches and the situation...
...state health program that serves 36 million Americans. The Administration renewed its call for a plan that would save $54 billion from the program over seven years, only one-third of the savings Republicans seek. But Clinton went further, saying if the G.O.P. kept insisting that the Federal Government retreat from the Medicaid business, the Republicans could forget about a budget agreement. "That would violate our values,'' Clinton declared. Steaming Republicans countered that Clinton's intransigence could "blow up'' the talks. All of which raised one question: With Clinton's attacks on the G.O.P.'s Medicare plan lifting the President...
...into a taxi, "Students and faculty need housing too!" The University's interest, in this instance, is also that of the students. Harvard should not give into any hypocritical demands for altruism or false notions of socialistic equality. While Cantabrigians may mutter about fairness, we're not about to retreat to the original position...
...Gingrich soon realized that his symbolic retreat wasn't going to be enough. The party faithful had complained to his aides over the holiday break that the Speaker's erratic behavior was jeopardizing the revolution. By Tuesday Gingrich's top lieutenants had delivered the news: unless he lowered his profile, the balanced budget would be defeated, and more voters would grow disenchanted. "All the members [had gone] home," says a House Republican leader, "and heard the same thing: 'Keep it up, don't back down and tell Newt to shut up.'" So, on Wednesday, Gingrich went before a closed session...