Word: withdrawnness
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...Still, on the matter of Iraq's defiance of UN resolutions, Bush has a cast-iron case - and he devoted much of his speech to cataloguing Saddam's multiple and continuing infractions. UN weapons inspectors were withdrawn in 1998 after their work was frustrated by Iraq, ahead of a four-day punitive bombing campaign by the U.S. and Britain. The inspectors have not been allowed back since, and the resulting standoff has seen the UN sanctions regime crumbling, while substantial components of Iraq's chemical and biological weapons programs remain unaccounted for. Thus President Bush's exhortation to the international...
...Financial Times reported Tuesday that Saudi investors have withdrawn $100 billion or more from the U.S. in recent months. Besides the natural movement of capital in response to market conditions, the report cited the souring of relations since last September's terror attacks on New York and Washington, the trillion-dollar lawsuit by families of 9/11 victims and talk among some conservatives about freezing Saudi assets as reasons for the alleged capital flight. The news triggered a brief dip in the value of the dollar against other currencies before jitters were calmed by subsequent reports questioning the FT's claims...
...through 18, and he believes he has spotted a characteristic pattern. In the morning, bipolar children are more difficult to rouse than the average child. They resist getting up, getting dressed, heading to school. They are either irritable, with a tendency to snap and gripe, or sullen and withdrawn...
...calculated play with the fires of nationalism completely honest. Since Sept. 11, Germany has stationed a number of Marders - tanks configured for operation in nuclear, chemical and biological environments - in Kuwait. If Schröder were really serious about keeping Germany out of "adventures," he would have withdrawn those tanks. But he has not, and he will not risk so blatant a breach with Germany's best ally. It is electioneering über alles. And cynical, to boot...
...best position to see how firms are managed. Since last September, insiders have sold $66 billion more of their employers' stock than they have bought (all of it legally and publicly disclosed). Insider purchases have all but dried up, according to research firm TrimTabs. A net $10 billion was withdrawn from U.S. stock funds in June, the largest monthly outflow since last September after the U.S. terror attacks. "Investors," says Robert Adler, president of AMG Data Services, "are reallocating into bonds and overseas equities...