Word: retreatism
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...neck sweater and gray wool pants, Wynn, 63--famous for yelling at employees, taking up steer roping and accidentally shooting off his index finger in his office--is talking about building neighborhoods in his latest land of make-believe. Explaining that his hotel will be a mellow retreat, without the glitz and campy themes that have made him such a sensation in the past, Wynn breaks into a rendition of Bali Ha'ifrom South Pacific.Then he takes out a pen and starts sketching a picture of his hotel before launching into a touchy-feely description of its varying moods...
...landing slats burned into both countries' consciousness. That moment marked the end of a 15-year debacle that claimed more than 50,000 American lives?and more than 1 million Vietnamese. For years, many Americans, like the Lus, have sought to forget the image of the U.S.'s ignominious retreat from Vietnam?but to the American military and political establishment, the legacy of that war has become steadily more haunting as the U.S. struggles to contain the insurgency in Iraq and design a successful "exit strategy" for another deeply controversial war. Vietnam and Iraq, in that sense, are inextricably linked...
...which would provide the majority of the boat people fleeing to the U.S. after the war ended?he dreaded the idea of a Communist regime ever coming to power. "We had never thought about leaving," he says. But when the North rolled into Saigon, and the Americans beat a retreat, that changed...
...Republicans are so eager to change the storyline that House Speaker Dennis Hastert got a standing ovation when he announced, at a private meeting with House Republicans in the Capitol basement last week, that he was ready to sound a retreat on changes in House ethics rules that he engineered last December. Democrats on the House ethics committee, which is the only one where they hold as many seats as Republicans, had shut it down to protest a rule change that required the support of a majority of committee members before any investigation could proceed. They charged that...
...later--a provision commonly referred to as the "Castle Doctrine." But the N.R.A. and Florida lawmakers apparently felt the definition of one's "castle" needed broadening to include pretty much anywhere a person might happen to wander. Some drunk spoiling for a fight at your favorite bar? Don't "retreat" to another barstool. Flash the .44 Magnum in your shoulder holster and ask the punk if he feels lucky...