Word: withdrawn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...constitutional change. Any infringement on the sovereignty of the North is immediately denounced by the Unionists, whose consent is essential for any "rolling" solution to have a chance of success. Any concession by Nationalists can be immediately declared by any political rival as a sell-out, and forcibly withdrawn. But, you will reply, we must not stop trying: it can't do any harm...
Shamir seemed on firmer footing when he let it be known last week that Jerusalem had dropped the key demand that Syria withdraw its troops from Lebanon at the same time as Israel. "As a matter of principle, we believe that all foreign forces should be withdrawn," Shamir said. "But the question of how and when and under what circumstances-that is to be negotiated." There is a powerful reason for Israel's growing flexibility: last week two more Israeli soldiers were killed and ten wounded by unknown assailants in surprise attacks. "We have only two desires," says...
...fact, the Marines were withdrawn long before the embassy had been made secure. Officials knew that shatter-resistant windows, reinforced blast walls, earthen berms, and even simple gates were crucial to containing terrorist attacks. But they allowed the embassy personnel to move in before protective devices had been completely installed. Only a few easily negotiated concrete barriers stood between the killer-car and the embassy...
...Loan Bank Board, which regulates S and Ls. Knapp's biggest mistake was to make too many fixed-rate loans that became unprofitable when interest rates rose in the spring. Partly for that reason, F.C.A. lost $107.5 million in the second quarter. Since July, jittery large investors have withdrawn more than $1 billion from F.C.A...
...Taylor in a memo to his beleaguered employees earlier this month. But Taylor's corollary proved only half true. The nightmarish flight of Continental's customers that led to the bank's near collapse two months ago has continued. Since May, customers are rumored to have withdrawn two-thirds of Continental's $30 billion in deposits. Last week bank officials appeared to have virtually given up looking for another bank or for some wealthy buyer to infuse new money into the institution. Instead, they were meeting in Washington with is federal regulators to discuss a drastic...