Word: withdrawal
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Stanford University's Faculty Senate recently approved a plan to implement a "no pass" grade, beginning in 1995-96. That will put an end to a period when students could withdraw from a class the day of the final and not have the grade appear on the transcript--much like cancelling an airplane reservation the day of the flight and not having to pay a cent...
Indeed much of the diplomatic discussion last week focused on ways to bail out: how to withdraw the 24,000 U.N. peacekeepers should the need arise quickly, an undertaking that could pose appalling dangers. Extreme contingencies call for the troops to abandon equipment and dash for helicopters or the coast, shooting their way out if necessary. Already as of late last week, 360 soldiers of the U.N. "protective" force, which sometimes seems to need more protection than it delivers, were being held virtual hostages by Serb forces; their numbers could grow if a pullout were ordered...
...prepared to handle Serbs with "overwhelming force." (The Bosnian Serbs have said they're holding the peacekeepers as insurance against further NATO air strikes.) But even as NATO itself gave the go-ahead for the evacuation, Western officials maintained they had not decided to support a full U.N. withdrawal from the region. "There hasn't been a decision to withdraw," said a U.S. official. "This is only contingency planning at this point...
...Vermont's Senator George Aiken proposed that the U.S. disentangle itself from Vietnam by declaring victory and withdrawing. America should think < about a variation on the Aiken scenario in order to begin leaving behind its fatal domestic quagmire of race. The nation should decide that, in order to rescue everyone's honor -- above all, that of African Americans -- it is time to withdraw from an untenable dynamic, from the racial equivalent of what the French generals in Indochina called "bad country...
...understand their need for security." The leaders met in the aftermath ofincreasing bloodshed in Gazaand the West Bank. The most recent victim of the violence was buried today, a West Bank rabbi who died in a drive-by Sunday shooting claimed by Islamic militants. Israeli troops are supposed to withdraw from West Bank towns before Palestinian elections, but remain concerned about the safety of the 120,000 Jewish settlers.Arafat's next step: secure aid already pledged by Western countries -- which would both improve economic conditions and boost his stature among his own people. In the works: $700 million promised...