Word: retreatism
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...without question some of the prettiest land in Texas. Johnson was born in a house on the property and first attended school in a one-room schoolhouse that is also on the ranch. His father and grandfather had farmed and ranched there. While Johnson used the ranch as a retreat, he tried to make it pay too. He had a foreman who lived on the property and bred Hereford cattle for show. Johnson hated being thought of as a hick, but he never repudiated his heritage. That ranch was where he began...
Since the lawsuit began, Napster has become enveloped in something of a siege mentality, an us-vs.-them attitude toward the record labels and the press that has forced Fanning to retreat even farther into his shell. He has to monitor carefully what he says to whom and even what clothes he wears. "The cdc [the Cult of the Dead Cow, a hacker collective] guys sent me a shirt, and the lawyers told me I shouldn't wear it," he says. "It's just so tightly controlled...
Three years ago, all dining hall managers and staff went on retreat to discuss how they envisioned the dining halls in 10 years, including what kind of meals would be served and what the dining halls would look like...
...habit of signing autographs for just about anyone who asks. So when he finished a late-night press conference Thursday, he found himself mobbed by journalists and officials seeking his John Hancock on any available piece of paper. Simply to catch his breath, he was finally forced to retreat into a private meeting room off the Security Council chamber. As Putin and Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov made it through the door, his security men blocked anyone else from entering. Left outside among the disappointed autograph seekers were Russia's high-powered U.N. ambassador Sergey Lavrov and Putin's naval attach?...
...Youth, dedicated to the prevention of youth suicide. Through it, Franklin, 61, became an even more prominent presence in Colorado. His fund raisers drew donations from the Denver Broncos, Coors, Norwest Bank, Texaco and Conoco. The half-million-dollar foundation is developing recording studios, a 240-acre mountain retreat, a computer lab for kids who are at risk and a hockey arena. "Les' program is very successful," says Dar Emme, founder of the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program in Westminster, Colo. "Taking the grief of losing a child and turning it into something positive is absolutely wonderful...