Word: withdrawn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...entertained probably by most, was that the nation had made a bad mistake. Americans, who love a winner, detest thinking of themselves as losers, and they saw themselves distinctly as losers after Tet. Metaphysically, they may have thought that if America was a loser, God's grace had been withdrawn, or possibly was never there; the entire American idea turned into a fraud...
...Chronicle of the Amber Cloud," a strange affliction attacks priviliged white adolescents and is quickly diagnosed as "Ghetto Disease." Their skin color darkened, "youngsters who had been alert, personable, and confident became lethargic, suspicious, withdrawn and hopelessly insecure...
...bait-and-switch tactic. They baited the President into a summit and then switched on him." The Democrats in fact are likely to use this package of tax increases as a lever to pry concessions out of the White House at the domestic summit. Though Reagan has withdrawn his frequent pledges to veto anything resembling a tax increase, he has made no secret of his reluctance to go any further than he absolutely must to get a deficit-reduction package...
...about their necessity. In this view, the U.S. has about come to the end of its ability to cover giant budget and trade deficits by borrowing from foreign investors. The stock-market crash served as a warning of what would happen if the foreign capital is ever withdrawn; thus the nation must reduce its dependence on overseas borrowing for the long-term health of the economy, at whatever cost in immediate pain. Says Barry Bosworth of the Brookings Institution: "Risk of a recession is unavoidable. But a failure to act is even worse. We cannot live with this deficit...
...became the 11th man defeated by a vote of the Senate. Others who failed to win confirmation had their names withdrawn, or the Senate chose not to act on their nominations...