Word: exert
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Over 20 Harvard faculty members have appealed to the Nixon Administration and the United Nations to "exert the strongest pressure" on the new military government of Chile "to stop its reign of terror and to restore fundamental human rights...
...have to wait until after the appointment of its director. Arthurs said that the office will function as an "ongoing, undramatic, insistent and assertive advocacy group for women." She explained that the OWE will work on small investigative projects and liaison efforts to "identify the points where women can exert pressure on the University...
...categories, but the CEA was unable to say how much of the discrepancy was due to outright discrimination. Last week CEA Chairman Herbert Stein revealed that recent studies show women get 10% to 20% less pay simply because they are women. With that, Economist Paul Samuelson advised women to exert more pressure, and suggested to employers: "Try not discriminating-you may like...
...Junkyard. As a flotilla of rescue ships hurried to the scene, 15 miles southeast of Key West, Sea-Link's crewmen were told to exert themselves as little as possible in order to conserve oxygen. The crew could do little else. At the pressure that exists at a depth of 360 ft. (162 lbs. per sq. in.), a free swim to the surface was considered far too risky. Trapped along with Menzies in Sea-Link's forward observation compartment-a helicopter-like bubble made of plastic-was Marine Biologist Robert Meek, 27. The younger Link and Veteran Diver...
...first to exert its influence on Israel to pull back from the occupied territories...