Word: standoff
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...combination of The Innocents Abroad and Sylvester the cat stalking an unsuspecting Tweety. The six-member congressional group had set out on July 22 on a self-assigned ten-day fact-finding tour of the Middle East, hoping somehow to contribute to a peaceful solution of the bloody Lebanese standoff. That they did not do. As the contingent prepared to head back to Washington last week, having visited five countries and attracted a great deal of unwarranted attention, the five Democrats and one Republican no longer appeared to be a shrewd bunch of legislators honing their perceptions of the region...
...perhaps the destruction of whole regions of the planet. Popular sentiment in this country and in Europe has finally mounted in organized opposition to these risks. Yet beneath the rhetorical softening of American and Soviet positions lurks the firm conviction that there is greater security in the current standoff than in perhaps allowing the other side to sneak into a position of "superiority" while negotiating reductions...
...professors outside of the Design School to look into Hartman's charges that political rather than academic considerations on the part of his departmental colleagues and University administrators had dictated the reappointment decision. The committee took six years to complete its task, and the result, says Hartman, was a standoff "Evidence of lots of violations was uncovered, but my claim could not be definitely proven. The insurmountable barrier was that every key figure in the decision who could have provided evidence to support my contentions--ex and current department chairmen and deans, even President Pusey refused to cooperate fully with...
After meeting with the Pope, a wary standoff...
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.--Sustained intensity the ability to confront a stronger opponent battle to a standoff and then make a final gutsy charge thus is what the Harvard men's basketball looks...