Word: retreatism
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Finally, minority organizations may risk losing the support of non-minority students if they retreat too far into themselves. Should the BSA be a social organization for Blacks, or an organization that spreads interest in issues of concern to Blacks? Lewis says, "If I'm in it, it's for the other people in the organization rather than for the greater cause...
...campus tensions. But that, perhaps, was Epps' intent. His race relations audit, conducted by the Harvard Negotiation Project, was an odd idea that also did not yield an ideal solution, but represented a sincere effort to solve the problem. So did some of Epps' other initiatives: the race retreat last fall, and the changes he instituted in Orientation Week...
...Crimson players, heads down and drenched in sweat and water, retreat to the bench. The sun glares down at them. It has been a long, hot day here at Byrd Stadium. Sixty-six minutes of grinding nails, teeth and sticks with not a cloud in the sky to protect the players from the tiring rays...
What's worse, the ill-timed and poorly managed pursuit of a common strategy can disarm the threat of force as a weapon capable of causing the enemy to retreat. "Which is what some of us have come to think of Chris' mission to Europe," says an Administration official about Secretary of State Warren Christopher's recent Continental tour. Coupled with the President's insistence on a concerted response and the allies' resistance to his options menu, "it's not surprising that the Bosnian Serbs concluded we were bluffing and so voted against the Athens agreement," says this official...
...annual retreat for Democratic Senators in the Virginia Tidewater is usually a relaxed affair, with the attractions of golf, beer and barbecue. But for Bill Clinton it was a chance for another 12-hour day of nonstop talk about health care, Bosnia and the deficit. As his hosts tried to sneak in a drink or a bite of supper from the buffet, Clinton was all business and going strong, guzzling mineral water straight from the bottle and grilling individual Senators about how they would reform campaign finance or move the pesky crime bill...