Word: withdrawn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...anything to spite Saddam Hussein, even depriving the people here of food and medicine that they desperately need." In times like these, I hear more talk about Iraqi nationalism, at least from those friends who want to talk. The others say nothing much at all. They have withdrawn into themselves, maybe better to contemplate their misery...
...employees love best. In just six months, Gates has refocused the work force onto Net-related projects, mercilessly eliminated a dozen others that were Holy Grails a year ago, and geared up an Internet-content group that will spend tens of millions of dollars this year. He has even withdrawn $1.5 billion in R.-and-D. money from a $6 billion cash stockpile Microsoft has tucked away against the sort of rainy business days they aren't used to seeing in Redmond...
Lindsey says the campaign money was withdrawn in small amounts to keep it from the notice of Clinton's political opponents, not the irs, and that it was duly reported on campaign-finance documents after the election. "Any suggestion that my writing four checks was intended to mislead bank regulators is simply false," he said, after emerging suddenly from the West Wing and intercepting reporters on the White House driveway. He will take the witness stand sometime this summer; Clinton will testify by videotape...
...terms of the government-signed accords that bar Israeli forces from operating in the autonomous areas under Arafat's control, encompassing most of the Gaza Strip and six West Bank cities, unless they are in hot pursuit of a fugitive. Returning Israeli troops to areas from which they have withdrawn, even for limited operations, would set them up to clash with the 30,000 men Arafat has under arms. If Palestinian forces were to stand by during such Israeli incursions, Arafat would lose enormous credibility with his people...
...with veins of steel, bursting out of bedrock." It does not take a Viennese mind doctor to find eroticism in such charged imagery. Building cities is a procreative business, and Dressler is an evocative example of a breed driven to reproduce itself in concrete. A decision to marry a withdrawn woman of no discernible personality is a strong indication of his diverted passions...