Word: retreatism
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...have spent the early days of the Administration mending fences. In her first day on the job Rice said her top task will be to keep U.S. alliances strong; Powell called nato ?the bedrock? of American relations with Europe. No one believes that the U.S. under Bush plans to retreat from the world stage...
...persuaded the reluctant prime minister to hand over most of the West Bank city of Hebron to Palestinian control. His objective is not to stop the peace process altogether, but to be in control of it and drive hard bargains. While Barak had been weighing the Clinton plan to retreat from 95 percent of the West Bank and all of Gaza, Sharon is likely to offer short-term withdrawal from only another 13 percent of the West Bank, and invite the Palestinians to negotiate further. Rather than shutting down the process altogether, he's more likely to work to keep...
...Radcliffe Pitches will be holding a retreat to "perfect everything musically and put the polish on our performance," said Pitches President Nicole M. Martin '01. The group's Valentine's Day concert with the Harvard Din & Tonics will be held...
Martin said the Pitches will also use the retreat as a bonding experience and will probably plan several group activities "like a dinner in Boston, watching movies together, ice-skating and bowling...
...north of Kuwait City with the Second Marine Division when the Iraqis received their order to retreat. We heard the city was opening up, and we obviously had to get there immediately. So we decided to drive. But Kuwait was a mess of burning oil wells and minefield. We figured that the Iraqis wouldn't have mined under the hydroelectric pylons, and those would run all the way down to Kuwait City. But it was this hellish nighttime drive under the pylons, with burning oil wells and mines all around...