Word: withdrawn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...temporary British-Argentine-U.S. administration of the Falklands, pending a final settlement to be negotiated. Britain said it could accept such a tripartite government, but only if Argentina first surrendered sovereignty. Argentina refused, and even insisted upon leaving behind an Argentine police force once its troops were withdrawn. That in turn was unacceptable to the British. As the negotiations wore on, Haig tried several variations of the joint-administration scheme, but each foundered on the sovereignty issue...
...withdraw money from the 80 offices of Oakland's Fidelity Savings & Loan Association snaked through branch lobbies and out onto the sidewalk. There was no panic because everyone who demanded money got it, but cash was flowing out at near panic levels. Last Thursday alone, $25 million was withdrawn...
...saying different things. [The P.C.N.] is not being led by any one person. Trying to understand them is like tying up with a lot of horses. The party is wavering." Another wavering group, the Democratic Action Party, meanwhile, was said to have broken with ARENA and to have withdrawn its two deputies from the rightist coalition...
...newly expanded Individual Retirement Account program has been eager in some sections but chilly in many others. Created by Congress in 1974, IRAs now allow wage earners to save up to $2,000 a year in special accounts, where the money earns interest tax free until it is withdrawn during retirement years. Before Jan. 1, only people not covered by company pension plans were eligible, but now virtually all workers can open IRAS. Administration officials predicted that $20 billion would pour into IRAS this year. So far investors have put an estimated $6 billion into the accounts...
...grand master of surreptitious sophistication who is portrayed in the Italian press as brooding, moody, uncommunicative and withdrawn-a Heathcliff with Magic Markers-Armani sets a fast pace and a high level of good humor and good will with his 26 employees. A trim, quick figure of medium height, with cobalt eyes, he is all compacted energy, like a jack just popping from his box, as he shows up for work around 9. He may begin his twelve-hour day by doing sketches, while his staff sorts out a regimen that, typically, has no rigid schedules or fixed appointments. Buyers...