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Word: withdrawals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...will never unilaterally abandon their political link with the province, they are equally unwilling to maintain direct rule at the cost of an endless army presence. The British are eager to see the army withdrawn--and seeing that delayed, they desire (in a sense) that it be compelled to withdraw. Inevitably the army will withdraw. If a workable political solution is not in effect by then, the people of Ulster will have a future as bloody and mischanced as their past...

Author: By Christopher Agee, | Title: A Bleeding Ulster | 11/2/1977 | See Source »

...reservation and don't leave until they have reached adulthood. Even today, many Indians go to the city for work without a high school diploma or job skills. Split away from their homes and friends, some jobless and poor, in a strange land, many Indians become alienated and withdraw into bars and never come out. Saunders says most Indians who trek to the city eventually return to the reservation to live. Grace Roderick traveled around the country for many years while her husband was in the service, building a family from Seattle to Virginia. Grace has learned to deal with...

Author: By David Dalquist, | Title: The Forgotten Americans | 11/2/1977 | See Source »

...Ford, who also liked to close the day with two martinis (5 to 1) and when things went well (or badly) had three. The ghost of De Voto is walking the land, recalling the poetry in the first martini: "The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted . . . your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart . . . the day was not bad, the season has not been bad, there is sense and even promise in going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: In Defense of the Martini | 10/24/1977 | See Source »

...governing board of the American Scientists Committee of Microbiology," says DeWitt Stetton '30, deputy director of science at NIH. Stetton adds that the bill did not receive much support in the Senate and added he was glad to see it dropped. The bill is currently being revised to merely withdraw federal funding from any research projects which fail to meet the NIH guidelines and to deny patent rights to any discovery which might be performed under illegal conditions. If passed, the bill will offer the option of keeping scientists honest, but will lack any moralistic or political overtones...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: Juggling With Genes | 10/24/1977 | See Source »

Secure and Recognized Borders A phrase used in Resolution 242 that is interpreted by Arabs to mean that Israel must withdraw from the occupied territories except for minor adjustments along the borders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Those Catchy Code Words | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

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