Word: withdrawn
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...close, however, the two could not be more different. Willowy, auburn- haired Wintour, 38, is cool and withdrawn; Brown, 34, a shorter, shapely blond, is brassy and outgoing. Their editing styles are as distinct as their looks. Brown is verbal, literary, with a knack for matching writer to subject, while Wintour is a visual creature, renowned for her eye for style...
Others have been still less fortunate. For a year, Helms blocked the nomination of Richard N. Viets, a career foreign-service officer and former envoy to Jordan, as Ambassador to Portugal. Helms kept up questions about his personal finances until the nomination was withdrawn and Viets retired. "What we have here is a McCarthy of the '80s," says Viets. "You recognize you're in a cage with a viper." Helms bristles at the comparison with Joe McCarthy. "I think he was on to something," says he, "but he was careless with the facts...
...President asked no questions during the 30-minute meeting. Meese then gave Reagan his side of the story, presenting a rosier assessment, although John Shepherd, his nominee to replace Burns, had withdrawn his name just hours before. The St. Louis lawyer decided that the eight-month job would not be worth enduring more questions about his personal life in the confirmation process. Predicted a White House aide: "No Deputy Attorney General will ever be confirmed as long as Ed is there...
Shultz acknowledged that the removal of Soviet troops will not necessarily mean an end to the fighting. Once the Red Army is withdrawn, Shultz said, "then the people of Afghanistan have got to work things out. That's their right and their problem...Perhaps we can get to a period of at least relative stability...
...decision to dispatch more than 3000 American troops to a Honduran air base came in response to confirmed Sandinista incursions into Honduras in pursuit of contra rebels. Even though the Sandinistas have reportedly withdrawn from Honduras and are negotiating a cease-fire with the contras, the United States still plans to keep its force in Honduras. But the troops may do more than what the Administration claims is their mission--to keep the Sandinistas from wiping out the contras...