Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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What once said that a student could "discontinue his studies in Harvard College at any time" will now read "ordinarily, no student will be allowed to withdraw in any term after the Reading Period begins...
...discussion of the Kennedy Round of tariff negotiations was for background only, Wentworth rose and replied: "I'm sorry, Mr. Secretary, but it's not the policy of our paper to attend background briefings." Freeman was visibly startled, but he refused to budge. "I'll withdraw," said Wentworth, and did. While other papers carried full reports of the conference, attributing it to a vague source, the Post ran nothing. Said Bradlee philosophically: "We'll probably get beat a couple of times...
...with Charles de Gaulle. A moment of embarrassed silence. Then Johnson instinctively smiled and reached out his hand. The imperious French President, whose relations with the U.S. have been steadily cooling, did likewise, and the two hands hovered in a brief clasp. The two men had just started to withdraw their hands when West German President Heinrich Lübke, as if alarmed that the handshake had not lasted longer, grabbed both Johnson's and De Gaulle's hands and tried to join them together again. He only managed to get his own hands entwined in a three...
...room of the Chancellor's bungalow on the grounds of Palais Schaumburg, Johnson reassured Kiesinger that the U.S. still placed higher priority on maintaining a strong NATO than on achieving a nonproliferation pact with the Soviet Union. As a result of Kiesinger's protests, Johnson agreed to withdraw fewer of the fighter-bombers than he had intended to bring home, but he stuck by the U.S. plan to reduce ground forces in Germany by 20,000 men. He also promised that Washington from now on would consult with Bonn on matters of mutual importance before the decisions were...
...exposing imperialism and linking up with those whom imperialism hurts, I cited the May 7 conference on organizing and the demonstration May 8 at the Washington draft hearings. This demonstration will focus on the notion that no draft is justifiable for Vietnam or similar wars, that the U.S. must withdraw unilaterally and entirely. Jared M. Israel...