Word: withdrawnness
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...young man like Prince Harry, whose academic career was less than stellar, being called "exemplary" by two such distinguished figures could send a rush of blood to the head. Yet this exemplary soldier is now on the way home, withdrawn not only for his own safety but for the sake of the troops serving alongside him. The Prince's frontline deployment had been kept under wraps by British and international media outlets at the request of Britain's Ministry of Defence. Harry was due to deploy to Iraq last year, but his posting was canceled amid concerns that he would...
...have sounded like news - good news. On Monday, Daniel Price, the Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economic Affairs, told reporters in Paris that the U.S. would be willing to accept mandatory international limits on greenhouse gas emissions. Coming from an Administration that has steadfastly resisted mandatory caps, withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol and effectively derailed any serious global effort to slow climate change, this could have been a big deal. But as is so often the case with the Bush Administration's environmental policies, the devil is in the details...
...laughing with or at the characters, or just laughing because you feel awkward about their awkwardness. Since it brings together two peoples whose paths rarely cross, it’s no surprise that the movie is riddled with uncomfortable situations. Many of the characters are vaguely shy or withdrawn, communicating with each other in broken English. The connections they make are in unlikely places and between unlikely people: an unemployed man whose wife hates him and a second-string conductor who can’t seem to finish his concerto, for example, or an outspoken young woman and a formal...
Since the "Bringing Them Home" report was released, about 16 Aboriginal people claiming to be part of the stolen generation have tried to bring suit against the government. All cases but one were withdrawn or failed. Last August a South Australian court awarded $525,000 (about $468,000 in U.S. currency) to Bruce Trevorrow after agreeing that his lifelong depression resulted from his 1957 separation from his mother. On Feb. 1, the South Australia Supreme Court granted him a further $250,000 (U.S.$223,000), representing 50 years of interest on the compensation award...
...officials believe al-Sadr's move was less about helping the U.S. than about purging unruly elements from his 60,000-man militia. Another interpretation is that al-Sadr is simply waiting out the surge and that his fighters will return to the fray when U.S. troops have withdrawn. Whatever the reason, Odierno reckons that al-Sadr's cease-fire is responsible for a 15%-to-20% reduction in attacks on U.S. forces over the past year. U.S. military officers are now in touch with their counterparts at all levels of al-Sadr's operation, trying to persuade them...