Word: withdrawn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Syrians, Assad had a brusque reply: "There is no Lebanese army, and what there is represents the Christians." After Sarkis completed a hasty tour of six Arab capitals, Assad laconically submitted to an essentially meaningless compromise, under which part of the Syrian forces besieging East Beirut would be withdrawn. Lebanese troops would be allowed to help patrol the bridges linking Beirut to the Christian areas in the north - their first active role in the recent fighting...
...week's end the score in the peekaboo hunting match stood at seals and conservationists 1, hunters 0; frustrated by thick fogs and the energetic efforts of the environmentalists, the Norwegian seal hunters had withdrawn farther offshore, possibly waiting for the public hue and cry to die down before making another attempt at sealicide...
...hoped to capture a share of the supermarket automation field. After investing heavily in research and marketing studies, General Electric, RCA, Singer, Bunker Ramo and Pitney-Bowes all chose to cut their losses and quit. Now even Sperry Rand, which had bought out RCA's licenses, has withdrawn...
...cannot be surprised, surely, that the United States continually vetoes United Nations economic sanctions against South Africa, while many of America's largest corporations have a vested interest in the status quo, nor can we expect that policy to change until those companies have withdrawn. Yet one need only look at the case of Rhodesia to see the effectiveness of such sanctions. I do not mean to suggest that all is now well in Rhodesia, but since the imposition of economic sanctions, there has been progress towards majority rule that would have been unimaginable earlier. South Africa is a different...
...contaminated landfill from an abandoned uranium mine in Quebec, and have unveiled radioactive highways and beaches and backyard gardens. Scientists have discovered that long-term exposure to federally-rated "safe" low-level radiation has killed people living and working near nuclear power plants. These researchers have seen their money withdrawn and their findings have gone unpublished...