Word: withdrawing
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PUBLICLY, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN HAS REjected a proposal, backed by a faction within his Cabinet, that Israel withdraw from the Gaza Strip before reaching an agreement with the Palestinians on arrangements for the West Bank. But a Palestinian leader has told TIME the plan is being discussed in secret talks between the Israelis and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Such an agreement may run into a snag named YASSER ARAFAT. The P.L.O. chief favors the deal only if he gets to head the Palestinian administration that would replace Israeli authorities in the Strip...
Then there are those who assert that we are merely going to bomb the Serbians. But what are we going to do after that fails (and it will)? Can we expect the U.S. to withdraw? All we really can expect are chants of "peace with honor" and more and more blood. Are Americans willing to send their children into this potential Vietnam? Are we prepared to watch our brothers and sisters return in bodybags...
...Clinton is to act boldly, he will first have to make everyone, friend and foe, understand exactly what he is trying to do. In a meeting with Congressmen, the President asked what would happen if limited intervention failed to end the war. Would there be an acceptable way to withdraw? The answer was a resounding no, reminding Clinton that once into Bosnia, there will be no easy...
Jonathan S. Myers said yesterday he is planning on running for reelection, despite colleagues predictions that he may withdraw from the race...
Nike's increasing clout has long troubled the National Football League, and even the mighty National Basketball Association. Two years ago, Nike ordered 90 of the athletes it has under contract to withdraw from part of the rich apparel-licensing deal by which the N.B.A. sells the players' likenesses on shirts and hats -- depriving the league of $1.5 million a year in revenue. In February Nike, along with Michael Jordan, wrestled from the N.B.A. the rights to the multimillion-dollar market for T shirts bearing Jordan's image. "In marketing, Nike is far more powerful than the league," says N.B.A...