Word: withdrawnness
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...Soviets have withdrawn to the outskirts of the city, leaving Afghan-manned tanks and Afghan troops with fixed bayonets and automatic rifles in ostensible charge. But Kabul is not yet quiet, or beaten. There is nightly gunfire on the outskirts, and there were two major military incidents during the week. Precisely at noon one day, there was a considerable Shootout a few blocks from the mosque of Haji Yaqub, known as the blue mosque. A house-to-house search by Afghan soldiers and police had been going on in residential streets behind the mosque, long a "suspect" neighborhood, when...
...curator. Art Critic April Kingsley, lists a number of "African" traits she detects in the work: "A bold physicality, rhythmical vitality and textural richness, as well as a tendency to use linear, geometric imagery and high-energy color. The work is active, not withdrawn, robust not tentative." These are also the marks of much European and nonblack American art, and this points to the difficulty of locating the work in an African matrix...
...Some have given notice that they are leaving, but others have said it's worked out better than they thought. I personally know of a few officers who have withdrawn their resignations and are staying on. If we get cracking in a positive and energetic way, there won't be much of a problem...
...neighboring countries would exert their influence to see that there was no interference in the internal affairs of Afghanistan, and above all, if the U.S. would assure that the arms it is sending to Pakistan would be used only for defensive purposes, then the Soviet troops would be withdrawn." Most of the time Brezhnev read from a prepared text, but he broke off from time to time for more candid remarks. Said Hammer: "He felt that the accusations that the Soviets went into Afghanistan to take over the country and threaten oil routes was 'sheer nonsense.' He said...
...guerrilla spokesman, calling himself "Commandante Numero Uno," warned that the terrorists would begin "executing the hostages as a security measure" if soldiers and riot police near the embassy compound were not withdrawn by the Colombian government. After several sporadic exchanges of gunfire, the shooting quieted down, and both sides settled in for what could become a long siege. Vowed the self-styled commandante: "We're prepared to stay here one or two months if necessary...