Word: withdrawn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...facing several Florida lawsuits and a federal grand jury investigation in Tampa. In addition, an hsn executive who threatened to blow the whistle on his colleagues was allegedly fired. Liberty Media, which owns a controlling interest in the firm, had planned to acquire the remaining shares but has withdrawn its offer as a result of the alleged kickbacks...
...editors rejected the gender and economic disadvantage categories for affirmative action, while the sexual orientation proposal was withdrawn. Editors did agree to collect information over the next three years to enable them to make a more informed decision on the gender and sexual orientation issues...
...just this quiet, withdrawn style of management that allowed Johnson to rise in the ranks of the Boston Police force. It was this style of management that prompted Harvard to hire...
...order and demanded resolute action from him to end his power struggle with the Congress. But there is strong conservative sentiment in military ranks. Even if the top generals try to stay out of politics, many lower officers who are dismayed by the miserable living conditions of army units withdrawn from Eastern Europe and horrified by the economic and political chaos may feel otherwise. According to former KGB Major General Oleg Kalugin, recent army surveys show that two-thirds or more of the officers oppose the current reforms...
Senior Captain Mike Hill belongs to the latter. A low-key leader, Hill is quiet, but not withdrawn; friendly, but intense on the field...