Word: withdrawals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...diplomats were blameless, just why had Lord Carrington felt the need to resign as Foreign Secretary immediately after the invasion? The report revealed that he had repeatedly warned during his three-year tenure of the dangers of diplomatic stalling. He had also disagreed with Thatcher's decision to withdraw the Royal Navy's survey ship H.M.S. Endurance from Falklands patrol, a move that some believe convinced the Argentine junta that Britain would not resist an invasion...
...Israel's strategy may be to delay implementation of the Reagan initiative until a year passes, and then it would be very difficult to implement it. But I have heard from the Israelis several times that they are going to withdraw from Lebanon and that they have no interest in staying there...
...million for the fourth quarter, bringing its 1982 deficit to $90.2 million. Just before the stunning announcement, a dozen of the largest U.S. banks, including Wells Fargo, had agreed to make available $1.5 billion in standby credits lest some of Seafirst's large depositors lose confidence and withdraw their money, precipitating a run on the bank...
...Israelis believed that the talks should be wide-ranging, leading to normal relations between the two countries. Israel is reportedly seeking the right to maintain early-warning stations and to conduct air and naval surveillance in Lebanon. It is also asking for a commitment that the P.L.O. will withdraw its remaining forces and free all Israeli prisoners of war before a simultaneous withdrawal of Israeli and Syrian troops from Lebanon takes place...
There are two basic visions of it. Protectionism, in the free trader's eyes: When an economy gets sick, it wants to withdraw from the world. A protectionist psychosis sets in. The invalid retreats into the house and locks the doors and windows and pulls the shades. Hypochondriac, jittery, paranoid, the economic system settles down to feed upon its own inadequacies. It sits in its slippers by the cold furnace and thinks about how well it used to make things, long ago. It disconsolately guzzles Old Smoot-Hawley, far into the night. Then it passes out. Another economy gone...