Word: withdrawal
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United Nations Resolution 242 demands that Israel withdraw from the territories it annexed in 1967 in view of the "inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war." Despite Israel's obfuscatory claims that this does not mean all the territories, the absolute nature of the resolution is clear. International law denounces the Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem. Levitin's claim that it sanctions the building in Har Homa is simply bizarre...
...incidents (such as violence, destruction, dishonesty, etc.) so penalties of "probation" reported by students for use of alcohol--which is not typical--may actually be responses to transgressions of other College rules as well. In addition, smoking marijuana per se has not in recent years resulted in requirement to withdraw (examples of typical responses to standard infractions are in the Guide, pages 13-14, and on the third and fourth pages of the College policy on drugs and alcohol, which each student receives and signs for at registration). Finally, the Board has been changed significantly--in make-up, procedure...
...however, has more at stake here than the issue of Jerusalem--the extent of Israeli withdrawl from the West Bank. Initially, Israel planned to withdraw from only 2 to 3 percent of the West Bank. The Israeli cabinet decided yesterday to withdraw from 9 to 10 percent of the West Bank. It is apparent that the Palestinians have again successfully used the threat of violence to gain more concessions from Israel. So much for standing firm against terrorist threats...
...fact, Deng was too busy proving his worth to Mao to return to Paifangcun in 1940, when his father was killed and beheaded by unknown attackers. After Japan's defeat in 1945, Deng was instrumental in driving a military wedge down the middle of China, forcing the Nationalists to withdraw and enabling Mao to press on to victory by October...
...students required to withdraw refused to comment on the cause of their departure...