Word: retreating
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...That sentiment echoes the wishes of many in the Buddhist clergy, who through the newly formed All-Burma Monks Alliance, have called for Suu Kyi's release and, even more dramatically, the junta's expulsion "from Burmese soil forever." "We must not retreat," vows a 23-year-old monk in Rangoon. "If we retreat, we fail." Historically, Buddhist clerics have been a key element of resistance in Burma, from British colonial days through the democracy rallies in 1988. But this time, the monks are not simply adding their moral authority to the movement; they are leading the protests. The shift...
...which of Yuschenko's rivals - Yanukovych or Tymoshenko - finishes first; the President's party is almost assured of third place. That, of course, is when the real intrigue will begin, since neither Yanukovych nor Tymoshenko is expected to win an absolute majority, meaning that the politicians will again retreat behind closed doors in search of a new coalition deal...
...community members. A group of senior women traveled 26 miles from Currier House to cheer for Nicholas Snow. Bay Hudner ’08, one of the Currier fans, said it was her first time attending a Harvard polo match. “It was a fun Sunday afternoon retreat and we were happy to be spectators for an unconventional collegiate event,” she said. Sunday’s match, played on the country’s oldest polo field, lasted for six chukkers, or rounds, with the men playing four seven-minute chukkers and the women playing...
...invading Iraq, the U.S. irreversibly altered the balance of power throughout the Middle East; now, Iraq cannot be treated as a policy decision in isolation from the full spectrum of U.S. interests throughout the region - all of which will be calamitously weakened if the U.S. were to precipitously retreat...
President Bush will console himself that at least he avoided the spectacle of an ignominious U.S. retreat from Iraq on his watch. But his successor will be handed a poisoned chalice...