Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Peace Terms Less than a month ago, British and Egyptians were at each other's throats; this week both sides are talking calmly of reconciliation, not revenge. The British Foreign Office is ready to go surprisingly far to meet Egypt's "legitimate aspirations." London is prepared to withdraw the 50,000 British troops from the Suez Canal Zone. Condition: Egypt must participate in a Middle Eastern defense pact, jointly sponsored by the U.S., France, Turkey and Britain...
...this time, Senator Taft had begun to show resentment, too. McCrary had called him a liar, he said, and he demanded that McCrary "withdraw that statement." McCrary denied calling anyone a liar, and he refused to withdraw anything. Faye, smiling through incipient tears, suggested that everyone had reached "a pretty irreconcilable point," but she couldn't silence her bickering guests in time for more than a hasty sign-off announcement...
...Caused his wife Evita to withdraw from the vice-presidential race...
Amory has been granted a leave of absence until September of 1953 to enable him to accept his position with the S.E.C. The government assignment has also forced him to withdraw his candidacy for the Eleventh Congressional District seat to the Republican Convention...
...interests. Then he laid down a warning: "The great danger is that some day public opinion in the U.S. might say that we Europeans don't want to realize the danger we are in, and that we keep on squabbling among ourselves over side issues. Then they might withdraw their help...