Word: retreatism
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...from conservative publisher Regnery, Hayworth calls for deploying active-duty troops to the border and considering a "border security fence from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico." Hayworth is unlikely to please the West Wing with his assertion about a chat he had at a House Republican retreat in West Virginia a year ago with White House senior adviser Karl Rove. When Hayworth criticized an Administration overture to Mexico, he writes, "Rove became somewhat exasperated and spluttered, 'You just don't want to help brown people, do you?'" A White House official says Rove recalls the conversation...
...those who do contract the new strain of the disease, the prognosis is nowhere near hopeless. The CDC recommends discontinuing the use of other antibiotics if possible and treating the infection with those antibiotics known as vancomycin or matronidazole. Constant monitoring is important, since the disease may retreat for a time and then reemerge. Like all new bugs, the super C. diff may still hold some surprises. For the moment at least, science is managing to keep pace with...
...something like a five year plan, or a disinclination to let dept. chairs know what [the plan] is,” the Sept. 15 minutes read. “The haphazard way in which this decision was reported to the chairs did not get an adequate response at the retreat, and the lack of an explanation of what the near future may bring makes it difficult if not impossible for chairs to plan for their own curricular needs...
...retreat referred to took place on Sept. 13 at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Somerville, Mass. It was at the retreat, to which all department chairs were invited, that Kirby first formally confirmed the rumored slowdown in faculty hiring...
...Wednesday I recover, or retreat to similar responsibilities for the daily, but Jannie and Elizabeth trudge forward. By the time people read the magazine on Thursday, the next issue is already underway. And the beat goes...