Word: withdrawnness
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...Wednesday, Feb. 15, Summers says he arrived at what he calls the most difficult decision of his life. Over the preceding week, he had withdrawn into a closed circle, including economist Gene B. Sperling—a friend from the Clinton administration—and Elisa New, the FAS English professor whom he married in December. He remained in close touch with Corporation members...
...PrivacyToday.com and was hired to do research for the committee, resigned in April because he felt allegations that the FBI and Department of Homeland Security were purchasing phone records were not being investigated thoroughly enough. And a bipartisan committee bill to protect phone records by outlawing pretexting was suddenly withdrawn just before a full House vote in early May. Some Democrats suspect there may be a connection between the pulling of the bill and the recent revelations of the NSA's collecting of citizens' phone records. Democratic committee members sent a letter to Chairman Joe Barton, asking if the bill...
...general, that there were "legal questions" concerning the propriety of returning the funds. The Missouri constitution doesn't allow public funds to be given to private concerns - either to Lay or his charities. "Our position is: it's university property now. Are we merely a savings account to be withdrawn at some point?" he asks. "If Mr. Lay's money is returned to pay his legal bills, what do we tell the next donor who wants a cash refund because of a personal reversal of fortune years after making a gift...
...HOME ALISON BECHDEL As a little girl, Bechdel knew that her father, an English teacher in small-town Pennsylvania, was odd. He was withdrawn, he decorated their house too much, he moonlighted as an undertaker. But she didn't realize he was gay and seducing his young students, and she certainly didn't expect him to kill himself at 44 years old. In this brilliant, bleakly hilarious memoir in comic-book form, Bechdel combines stories from her emotionally barren but weirdly fascinating childhood with elegant allusions to Proust and Joyce to make a gripping story of filial sleuthery...
...long time before college, and what I appreciated most about performing was the ability to connect with other people in a very unique, special way,” Kamihara wrote in an e-mail. “Music is a very powerful medium for encouraging people to become less withdrawn, to experience moments of joy and to recall fond memories from the past...