Word: withdraw
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cafeteria employee was kidnapped at gunpoint last October 19, taken to her bank, and forced to withdraw her savings...
...force [in Beirut], or we will conclude that that is impossible and accept the consequences. We certainly won't put our troops on boats, to sit and watch the debacle from the balcony." Adding their voices to the general complaint, Italian officials announced that they too hope to withdraw their 1,200-member force from Beirut in favor of a U.N. contingent, even though creation of such a force would be unthinkable in the face of presumed Soviet opposition. In Rome, Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Andreotti summoned U.S. Ambassador Maxwell Rabb to ask pointedly what the U.S. naval bombardment...
...September, hoping to reduce their continuing casualties, the Israelis decided to withdraw from the Beirut area and the Chouf Mountains to a new line along the Awali River some 17 miles to the south. During their occupation, however, the Israelis had allowed Phalangist militiamen to move into areas of the Chouf previously controlled by the Druze. Fearing an outbreak of hostilities between the two factions, the U.S. urged the Israelis to delay their redeployment until the newly trained Lebanese Army could fill the vacuum. The Israelis postponed their withdrawal by only a few days. As soon as they pulled...
...foreign affairs, all except Glenn stress the need for U.S.-Soviet summit meetings to reduce tensions. All would cut off U.S. aid to the rebels fighting the Marxist-led government in Nicaragua, and all would halt military aid to the Salvadoran regime unless death-squad activity stops. McGovern would withdraw U.S. military aid and troops from Central America, including Honduras. None of the Democrats would loosen U.S. ties to Israel, although McGovern and Jackson urge a more even hand in the Middle East. Yet even Jackson praises Israel as "the most brilliant flower in God's garden...
...collected five gold medals in his life. How do the two communicate? "Mostly with our eyes. In a lot of ways, it's more forceful." The news of Yuri Andropov's death arrived about the same time as Zimiatov. But no one suggested that the team withdraw. With both Soviet and Yugoslav flags at half-staff, fun and Games continued...