Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hoped that cries of moral outrage will emanate from all parts of the world in protest against the World Council of Churches' latest investment in lawless terrorism and murder, its grant to the Patriotic Front in Rhodesia [Oct. 2]. Unless W.C.C. member churches protest loudly or withdraw their support, or both, what is to deter the council from continuing such irresponsible gifts to left-wing guerrilla organizations in the future...
...Muslims, Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization and an army commanded by pro-Syrian Christian for mer President Suleiman Franjieh. The Arab League mandate under which the Syrian peace-keeping force has occupied Lebanon since 1976 will be reviewed on Oct. 28. If the league orders Damascus to withdraw its troops, the new force could still press the offensive against the Christian militias with Syrian arms and ammunition...
Jordan, who is noted for her membership on the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate hearings, said the stigma of being a woman in government did not hinder her performance. "I ignored it. You cannot succeed in politics is you are to withdraw into some self-concept that "because I am a woman, I can't,'" she said...
...coerce McCabe into selling out. The gunman, blond, boyish, and innocent-looking, asks Carradine what kind of gun he has. Carradine tells him, sheepishly admitting that he really doesn't know how to use it. "Come on, let me see it," the blond youth insists; as Carradine begins to withdraw the gun, the young gunman shoots him, and watches as his body falls into the stream, cracking the ice and slowly sinking...
...Though he has received gratifying messages from Chairman Hua Kuo-feng ("We support your struggle"), no substantial increase in aid has been forthcoming. Diplomatic observers in Southeast Asia believe that if the Pol Pot regime should be toppled by Viet Nam or by a coup d'etat, Peking would withdraw from Cambodia, cutting its losses while attributing the defeat to the weaknesses of an unworthy ally...