Word: withdrawnness
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...result, Begin became increasingly morose and withdrawn. He avoided speeches, and those he gave were uncharacteristically short. Some of his Cabinet colleagues complained that the government was being allowed to drift without decisive leadership. Begin had become gaunt, almost skeletal; his eyes had a haunted look. Tired, sad and dispirited, Begin had, as an aide put it, "lost the fire." In July, he unexpectedly canceled a visit to Washington, citing "personal reasons...
...says he will vote for me is telling the truth." The rousing welcome that the delegates gave Sharon as he triumphantly entered the auditorium suggested that the former Defense Minister, whatever his political liabilities, might have given both candidates a run for their money if he had not withdrawn from the race...
...very ordinary person in my tastes and interests, but I have been used as an instrument in extraordinary ways." Yet he often seems beset by deep personal doubts, as if unable to erase the taunts of his youth. In private he is quiet to the point of being withdrawn. Says a friend: "People who have only seen him in public wouldn't recognize him." Despite his wide experience, he is painfully unworldly. "If you take Jesse to a fancy French restaurant," says someone who knows him, "he'll wind up with spaghetti and meat balls. He has very, very unsophisticated...
That proposal has been on the congressional agenda every year for the past 15 ever King was assassinated. The bill stalled every time reaching the House floor only once--in 1979--where it was quickly watered down and subsequently withdrawn. But last week it passed the lower house by an incredible 338 to 90 vote. Senate Majority leader Howard H Baker Jr. (R-Tenn.) has promised to bring it straight to the Senate floor for debate when the legislators return vacation in September and Presidential aides have hinted that Ronald Reagan might give the measure his support...
...fast turnabout in the contras' fortunes is occurring along much of the border between Honduras and Nicaragua. The F.D.N.'s field commanders admit that they have withdrawn all their forward troops to the rear mountain zones. Equally unmistakable is the new mood that has replaced the euphoria of early spring. The F.D.N.'s political and military leaders are divided among themselves. "Our people feel we are fighting a much more powerful enemy than we ever expected," admits a worried F.D.N. leader. "They have trucks and planes and are even bringing vans of Pepsi-Cola to the front...