Word: retreatism
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Finally, some bad news for Slobodan Milosevic that's good news for the Serbs. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright announced Wednesday that the U.S. would lift sanctions against Yugoslavia if the country holds free and fair elections - even if they result in a Milosevic victory. That's a retreat from the more extreme U.S. position that had insisted sanctions would remain in place until Milosevic is ousted - through elections or not - and brings Washington more into line with the thinking of European NATO members and the Serbian opposition. "Most important," says TIME Washington correspondent Barry Hillenbrand, "the policy shift makes...
...Undergraduate Council passed resolutions for a student space taskforce and a mandatory retreat with relative ease during a light-hearted meeting last night...
...only piece of legislation that drew any objection was a bill to organize an overnight council retreat. The retreat, a mixture of "fun activities and council workshops," according to the bill, was going to be mandatory...
Some council members, however, were concerned that other representatives might have unavoidable conflicts with the event--one representative noted that the retreat was scheduled on the same night as the Eliot Lip-Synch competition...
Redmond defended the compulsory attendance, saying that the retreat would not be taken seriously if it were not mandatory. Besides, she said, an absence on the retreat would count no more than an absence at a council meeting, and members are allowed five of those...