Word: withdrawnness
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...words and explicit language that would surprise readers of mass-circulation papers on the Continent or the U.S. Their classified-ad pages frequently serve as arenas for the commerce of sex. British admen have learned to use sexual innuendo with such effect that some ads have had to be withdrawn for their raunchiness, including one two weeks ago by BOAC, the government airline. What was whispered about in one age or snickered at in another is now lustily shouted...
...great deal of private information about their enrollees for the basic purpose of facilitating their development as educated persons. This purpose is contravened when the material is made available to investigatory bodies without the student's permission. Thus, although a student may not require that his record be withdrawn, improperly altered, or destroyed, he may appropriately expect his institution to release information about him only with his knowledge and consent. Without that consent, only irresistible legal compulson justifies a college's indicating anything more about a student than his name, dates of registered attendance, the nature of any degrees granted...
...peace: Arab recognition of Israeli statehood, an end to the state of belligerence that has existed since 1948, free use of Suez and the Strait of Tiran, direct Arab-Israeli peace negotiations. Yet he also skirted the role of Israeli advocate. "Certainly," he said, "[Israeli] troops must be withdrawn...
Nakian has nothing but contempt for young sculptors, of both pop and minimal persuasions. Nonetheless, he shares many contemporary traits with them. His work is massive, blunt, coarse, vulgar, infested with deliberate clumsiness -like much of pop. At the same time, it can be cryptic and withdrawn almost to the point of paranoia, challenging the viewer to discover much of its earthy sensuality for himself...
...ordered its army to stop that threat. And when India refused to allow give-and-take negotiations about a disputed border, the Chinese army took what Peking considered to be her share of the disputed territory. In both cases, when this minimum security was won, China's army was withdrawn inside China's borders. In the absence of direct challenge to her territorial integrity, China's army has stayed at home...