Word: rearguard
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...mormon church official and a public relations executive shuttled recently from the Fox News Washington bureau to the Washington Post to the online political digest the Hotline. The two were engaging in a little pre-emptive rearguard action, gearing up for the impending Republican presidential campaign of Massachusetts Governor (Willard) Mitt Romney, 59, whose family has long been part of the church's élite...
...animator of many cartoon heroes, from Ariel in The Little Mermaid and Beauty's Beast to Aladdin, Pocahontas and Tarzan, Disney veteran Glen Keane was expected to lead the rearguard battle. "Everybody," he says, "wanted me to really fight for hand drawn." When Keane looked for ways to work in the new world, he says, "many of the traditional artists thought that I had betrayed them. And many of the CG artists didn't trust me." In 2003 the two camps met for a retreat. "We realized there were a lot of things being done [at CG studios] that just...
Some diplomats believe that the protests have been encouraged by Communist Party conservatives who are still fighting a rearguard action against Deng's reforms. Others accuse the government of encouraging anti-Japanese sentiment as a means of boosting national feelings. Whatever the reason, it may not have been a coincidence that the Peking government last week announced plans to remove, in the interests of beautification, the large billboards that advertise Japanese products along the capital's main avenue...
...didn’t help that the rearguard was unstable, as sophomore goalie Kathryn Tylander suffered a season-ending ankle injury against Syracuse. Junior Kristen Demorest and the hockey team’s junior defensewoman, Caitlin Cahow, split the remaining time...
...idea that we are fighting a noble, worthy, but ultimately futile rearguard action against the unstoppable tide of “progress” is one that constantly haunts many conservatives, but is entirely rejected by my friend Dave. How? The answer seems to be that the optimistic conservatives are economically oriented; since they view human existence and action as value-maximizing or at least predictable, they are sure that, if only they can get people the right information, they will choose the better policy. Thus Dave’s confidence that Americans will soon reform their education system...