Word: withdrawn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those forlorn souls looking for food at 3 a.m., there are no options but The Tasty, which although venerable, does not suit every appetite. We were therefore dismayed to hear last week that C'est Bon, a sandwich and salad restaurant at 110 Mt. Auburn St., had withdrawn its application for a 24-hour permit. While the Tasty's burgers and eggs can be tasty, C'est Bon reduces the grease factor for late-night eaters, offering Au Bon Pain-esque sandwiches and scones...
...almost from the start? Investigators say that at the age of six months he was hospitalized for several weeks after suffering an allergic reaction to a drug. During that time, his parents were not allowed to hold or hug him. When he came home, they found him listless and withdrawn. In light of that early denial of human contact, investigators are intrigued by the fact that one of the Unabomber's early targets was James McConnell, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan who eventually became well known for researching the benefits of sensory deprivation for autistic children...
Examine the politics of disconnection. The 1996 campaign has only hinted at the number of Americans who, disgruntled and disillusioned (even if self-pityingly so), have withdrawn into a passive-aggressive political mode: protest for its own sake. "We're gonna fight until hell freezes over," bellows Pat Buchanan, "and then we're gonna fight on the ice!" Disenchantment, whether idealistic or merely snarling, has produced a permanent American political out group (Buchananites, Perot voters and a much larger constituency of nonvoters) whose unhappiness erupts in periodic aneurysms and whose message to the political process is the passive aggressive...
...White Balloon has become the victim of an international skirmish over the U.S.'s alleged efforts to destabilize Iran. That country's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has announced that The White Balloon, submitted as Iran's entry in the foreign-language category of the Oscars, was being withdrawn. In response, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it would not allow a film to be squeezed out because of politics. The White Balloon remains eligible...
...When talks began more than two months ago, the unions put a total of 170 demands on the table. As of today, with the exception of 10 demands which the university accepted or accepted with modifications, none of the unions' original demands have been withdrawn or modified," Mullinix said...