Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...argued simultaneously that now men, except pacifists, still owe allegiance to the decisions of their government. "There have been times before and I venture to think there will be times again when a Christian in good conscience cannot be a good citizen, and must withdraw from the state. I simply cannot bring myself to think that this is our situation today...
Only after Brown had spotted a concentration of black pajamas did Team Two withdraw. As enemy sniper bullets stitched around and between them, the scouts blasted back with fragmentation grenades and bursts of automatic fire that chopped
...between Israel and Egypt. Ever since Suez, the frontier has been guarded by a 3,400-man United Nations peace-keeping force whose only assignment has been to keep the two hostile nations from each other's throats. Last week Gamal Abdel Nasser ordered the U.N. troops to withdraw-"for their own protection"-not only from the border but from Egyptian soil entirely. Into their positions moved an Egyptian force estimated at 60,000 men, including one armored and four infantry divisions. It was the first time in ten years that Egyptian and Israeli troops had been in each...
Mutual Dependence. Britain wants to hold onto Hong Kong to protect its vast investments and to retain a Far Eastern headquarters for British banking and trade interests. It also does not know how it could gracefully withdraw from Hong Kong under the present circumstances without totally losing face in the Orient. In recent years, Red China has been building up its influence in the Crown Colony, and Britain has been too afraid of offending its overpowering neighbor to do anything about it. As a result, about one-fifth of the colony's Chinese, who make...
...student required to withdraw from the College must stay away for a minimum of two terms, the additional paragraph explains. During the absence, the student "must show an acceptable record of performance during a substantial period (at least six months) of regular employment...