Word: withdrawal
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...acquittal spectacles, many Americans have begun to assume that money simply buys justice. When combined with overall distrust and disappointment with the legislative and executive branches of government, such cynicism threatens to undermine the legitimacy of our political system. Even worse, it creates a vicious cycle of disillusionment--people withdraw from engaging with dysfunctional systems, which in turn become even less responsive as those dissatisfied with them entirely give up on changing or influencing them...
...outrage is obvious on the faces of the demonstrators, and the situation is aggravated when Party officials refuse to have serious, face-to-face discussions with student leaders. It was this critical look at the Communist bureaucracy which led Chinese officials to withdraw their entry to the New York Film Festival--Ang Lee's Shanghai Triad--because Gate was being premeried there...
...town's railway station." Five policemen and five civilians have also been killed so far in fighting that raged through the city streets. Led by Salman Raduyev, the son-in-law of Chechen leader Jokhar Dudayev, the rebels say they will kill the hostages if Russia does not withdraw troops from Chechnya. The action was reminiscent of a similar incident last June, when Chechen fighters held more than 1,000 hostages in a hospital in the Russian city of Budyonnovsk. "The Budyonnovsk tragedy, at least, opened the way for talks with the rebels, aimed at ending the war in Chechnya...
...going to ask this sort of participation in the future," he said. Dispute over the Golan, which Israel wrested from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war, has stymied peace efforts between the two countries. Israel may now be ready to go along with Syria's demand to withdraw, but wants to ensure the safety of Israelis there. A multinational force, Peres said optimistically, would deter Syrian terrorism and reassure Israelis following a peace agreement. "This force, if deployed, will probably get more opposition from American isolationists than from anyone in the Golan," notes Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "But the mission...
...going to ask this sort of participation in the future," he said. Dispute over the Golan, which Israel wrested from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war, has stymied peace efforts between the two countries. Israel may now be ready to go along with Syria's demand to withdraw, but wants to ensure the safety of Israelis there. A multinational force, Peres said optimistically, would deter Syrian terrorism and reassure Israelis following a peace agreement. "This force, if deployed, will probably get more opposition from American isolationists than from anyone in the Golan," notes Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "But the mission...