Word: exert
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...their alumni pool is still relatively small and young. But Hairston says he anticipates a larger role for Black alumni this fall, noting that "most student organizations get a lot of their funding" from alumni. A recently formed group of Black alumni supporting Afro-American Studies has begun to exert some pressure on the University to continue its backing for the department...
...economic uncertainties increased despite the President's plea, in a TV press conference, for Americans to exert "enormous effort and patience" as, "slowly and surely, we're working our way back to prosperity." Reagan abandoned his cheery forecasts of the past. Still, he contended that "we're going to see an improvement in the second half of this year...
...very least, winning Israeli acceptance of a P.L.O. recognition deal would seem to require heavier pressure on the Jewish state than any U.S. Administiation has ever exercised. There are signs, however, that Washington may be edging into a mood to exert such pressure. Shultz is less sympathetic to Israeli policy than his predecessor, Alexander Haig. His boss, President Ronald Reagan, is reported by aides to be "livid" at Begin over the invasion of Lebanon and the civilian deaths it has caused. As a sign of displeasure, Reagan last week held up a shipment of cluster artillery shells to Israel while...
Still, Haig saw the Israelis' need for U.S. help in establishing any kind of international force as a chance to exert some leverage on the Begin government. His hope: to make Israel more amenable to trying to solve the basic problem in the Middle East?working out some kind of satisfactory arrangement for the Palestinians...
David Dalton, Stones analyst par excellance, looked back at the outset of the 1981 tour: "Like remote planets revolving in space, the Stones throughout the seventies continued to exert a magnetic pull known in physics as action at a distance. Their own removal from action infused their albums with a diffuse electric, reflective, anomalous and prolix sound...