Word: withdrawal
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...cutbacks in a variety of social programs, only to disenchant moderate Republicans. He has campaigned across the country, championing the themes of fiscal integrity, a strong national defense and the evils of Big Government, yet has not excited the public. He permitted, and probably encouraged, Nelson Rockefeller to withdraw in 1976, but still did not appease conservatives. Says one of his political advisers: "The people in the Ford campaign seem reasonably confident. But I sense panic on the part of Ford's supporters on Capitol Hill. They're very discouraged and depressed. They're afraid that Reagan...
Fearful Hassan. At week's end the U.N. was still hoping mediation would settle the crisis. One plan, reportedly agreeable to both Madrid and Algiers, involves a six-month U.N. administration of the colony, during which Spanish troops would gradually withdraw, followed by elections in which the inhabitants would decide their political future. Hassan, however, fears voting in the colony would be manipulated by the Algerians, who have strong links to the leftist Polisario Front, the Sahara's best-organized political group. On Saturday, nevertheless, the King received a special envoy from Spain, Cabinet Member Antonio Carro Martinez...
Wounded not only physically but also psychologically by a mastectomy, or removal of a cancerous breast, women who have undergone the operation often withdraw into inactivity and self-pity. But a dozen Californians who have gone through mastectomies have a livelier outlook on life. Thanks to a program of dance therapy developed by Diana Welch, 41, an artist-in-residence at the University of Santa Clara, they have been able to take advantage of the graceful, flowing action of classical ballet to regain fuller use of arms whose movements had been limited by the scarring produced by their operations...
...Charging students who withdraw from the board plans furing the year for a full term...
Some moderate Africans and Caribbean envoys tried to disentangle their cause from the anti-Israel clause. "To be born black is to understand what racism means," said Barbados Ambassador Waldo Waldron-Ramsey, who pleaded with the Arabs to withdraw their resolution. Of 36 black African nations, only 16 supported the measure. There were hopes that African support might further dwindle before the General Assembly vote. If not, warned U.S. Delegate Leonard Garment, "the work of the U.N. is in jeopardy...