Word: withdrawal
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...P.L.O. may not bring a political solution to the aspirations of 4 million Palestinians any closer. If Israel annihilates the battle-hardened veterans of the P.L.O. by storming Beirut, it will incur the wrath of Washington but fail to extinguish the spirit of Palestinian nationalism. Yet if the Israelis withdraw from Beirut and grant the P.L.O. a face-saving retreat, they will forfeit the psychological benefits of the crushing victory that their government wanted as the main justification for the invasion...
...approve the principle of deploying U.S. troops in Lebanon came in response to Habib's request for authority to use the proposal as a bargaining tool. The special envoy has been equally assertive with the various Middle East factions. It was he who forced the Israelis to withdraw their tanks from the presidential palace in Baabda...
...start of business early last week, depositors crowded into the lobby of Oklahoma City's Perm Square Bank and patiently stood in line to take out all their money. Still more customers waited outside so that they could also withdraw their funds. Penn Square was in the process of becoming the 22nd bank in the U.S. to collapse this year...
...acceptable to all parties, including the Lebanese and the Syrians: the removal of Palestinian, Israeli and Syrian military forces from the Beirut area, and their replacement by Lebanese army units. An accompanying message from the U.S. to the P.L.O. contained a terse warning-make a quick decision to withdraw from Lebanon or face the fact that Israel would "probably" invade West Beirut and expel the P.L.O. by force. The Israeli army, said the U.S., was "prepared for it, can do it, and is not going to wait forever without resolving the situation...
...withdraw her charge that she had been fired because she is Black and a woman, but she said that officials have files which show that she was frequently late to work apparently the official reason for her being...