Word: withdraw
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...embargo was supposed to pressure the Turks to withdraw and accept a negotiated Cyprus settlement. Instead, the main result is that Western defenses have been weakened. Although a loophole in the embargo has enabled the Turks to receive some $425 million in U.S. arms, Washington officials are worried that the Turkish armed forces are seriously deteriorating. In addition, the U.S. wants to recover five key intelligence-collecting bases in Turkey, from which it had been electronically monitoring the Soviet Union, but which the Turks closed in retaliation against the embargo. As Carter summed up the problem, the embargo "has driven...
...world has he done? Yielded his family's privacy for years, maybe for the rest of their lives. Abandoned his comfortable hearth for the dubious pleasure of sleeping and eating in America's instant hostelries. Subjected himself to the hazards of mainlining power; many cannot withdraw once hooked. And, of course, for somebody of his flinty view of the world, he runs the high risk of never doing anything but keynoting the annual meeting of the American Conservative Union, of which he is chairman. But maybe not. He is no kook or gagster...
...Last day to withdraw (no adjustment of fees...
...spokesman, who wished to remain unidentified, also said Kennedy's refusal to withdraw support for his bill did not mean that "there are no other views that will cause him to change his mind...
...Last day to withdraw (no adjustment of fees...