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...career that took him to the 1960 Olympics in Rome. Going into the finals in the decathlon, he needed only to clear his usual height of 14 ft. 10 in., in the pole vault to win a bronze medal. But he pulled a groin muscle and had to withdraw...
...mainland government intervened, however, forcing its contestants to withdraw...
...took the extraordinary step Tuesday of announcing that it strongly opposes any coup attempt in Pakistan, just in case any one thought Washington might acquiesce in the ouster of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. "Nawaz has been under tremendous political pressure ever since Pakistan was forced to withdraw from the Kargil region of Kashmir," says TIME New Delhi correspondent Maseeh Rahman. "There was a lot of anger in the military at being ordered to withdraw, and it?s all being directed at the prime minister. Even though the military has undertaken in recent years not to intervene in politics, it might...
...clemency offer to 16 members of the Puerto Rican group known as the FALN. Hillary has insisted that she had "no involvement in or prior knowledge of" her husband's decision. And on Saturday she even appeared to rebuke the President with a terse written statement urging him to withdraw the offer because the terrorists had not met Clinton's condition of renouncing violence. "It's been three weeks and their silence speaks volumes. I believe the offer of clemency should be withdrawn," she said. But before she could get any political mileage from this rebuke, the White House made...
...held against my account until the bank got around to its own count. The message seemed clear: even banks don't want pennies. By the way, that penny dish at many checkout points is a nice idea, but it doesn't help. I contribute often but rarely withdraw because I wither under the lethal stare of the cashier, who I assume has a penny jar far larger than...