Word: withdraw
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Before long the outcry against Gladstone's "bad taste" was loud enough to force him to withdraw his modest proposal. Which may be a shame. As things go in local and state government, Gladstone's sex tax is not only original, but, with proper promotion, might have become more productive than lotteries...
...Kissinger then detailed his version of the Administration's policy in Indochina. He predicted that the U.S. would be able to withdraw from Vietnam completely by an unspecified, date, leaving the Saigon government to continue...
...three nations do agree in principle on one central point-the principle of secure borders for Israel in return for withdrawal of Israeli troops from Arab territories occupied in the 1967 war. Israel's commitment is to withdraw behind whatever "permanent, secure and recognized boundaries are agreed upon, but the Arabs want Israel to withdraw from all occupied territory before any other issue is settled. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat says that he will not extend the cease-fire next month unless Israel produces a withdrawal timetable or unless Jarring achieves notable progress toward one. Israel wants the cease fire...
...expanding role in propping up indigent corporations and shaky industries complain that such aid promotes inefficiency by deadening the cost-pruning pressure of competition and, in some cases, by shielding inept management from the consequences of failure. And once federal aid has started, it is difficult to withdraw...
Last October, the group organized demonstrations demanding that Polaroid withdraw from South Africa, state its policy on apartheid, and turn over its profits to black groups fighting the South African government's racial policies...