Word: withdrawnness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Running against Rosy, however, was something else again. Rosellini's record as Governor was lackluster, but he was known as a fine, friendly and formidable campaigner. Evans at first appeared withdrawn and diffident. At one point, visiting a highly automated Spokane factory, he spent more time examining the machines than he did shaking hands with workers. "My managers had to push me away," Evans recalls, adding wistfully: "But those machines were fascinating."57-Count 'Em. As the campaign continued, Evans wound up as a public personality, came off to advantage in a series of debates by articulating...
After announcing that the new directors would be selected by the stock-holders next week, Coop president Stanley F. Teele read letters from all six of "Mr. Dietz's purported nominees" asking that their names be withdrawn from nomination. He also noted that the nominating papers for the men had been examined by counsel and judged invalid because non-participating members had signed the petition. The crowd gathered in Harvard Hall hissed violently...
Sheldon Dietz '41 has nominated six Harvard and M.I.T. professors of Architecture and Design to oppose the official slate, all of whom are incumbents. Five of Dietz's nominees have asked that their names be withdrawn from consideration. The sixth, Benjamin Thompson, Chairman of the School of Design, was not available for comment. All the names will still be presented to the meeting, however, since Coop by-laws make no provision for the withdrawal of nominees...
Specifically, I do not feel that in your editorial you have sufficiently identified Keating with "homegrown mediocrity" and Kennedy with "imported excellence." Those identifications are, in fact, quite unfair. You mention Kennedy's intemperate pursuit of James Hoffa, and his sponsorship (now withdrawn) of a distasteful wiretapping bill: are these actions consonant with excellence? You gloss over his involvement with the New York City bosses: many other observers, however, have been very disappointed that no outright repudiation of bossism has been made. This situation smacks more of expediency than excellence. You state that "In no way has he (Kennedy) reneged...
...lawsuits. Last week they got more unfavorable publicity when a federal grand jury indicted Wallace & Tiernan Inc., a small New Jersey firm, and two former company officials on criminal charges of failing to report adverse reactions - including three deaths - among users of a tranquilizer called Dornwal, which was withdrawn from sale...