Word: exertions
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...College, and will soon be in a position to pull the purse-strings of the College shut if you don't reverse your decision. Our new arms-for-management-consulting-work deal with a prominent Middle Eastern supplier is also putting us in a position to one day exert military pressure on University Hall. We're training in Soldiers Field Park this summer. Consider our might carefully, Dean Jewett...
...Christian Coalition one of the most powerful grass-roots organizations in American politics. Its 1.6 million active supporters and $25 million annual budget, up from 500,000 activists and a $14.8 million budget just two years ago, hold a virtual veto on the Republican nominee for President, and will exert an extraordinary influence over who will occupy the Oval Office beginning in 1997. In fact, Reed's success represents the most thorough penetration of the secular world of American politics by an essentially religious organization in this century. To some, this ascendancy evokes more ancient spirits -- say, that of 17th...
...Armenia police habitually raid editorial offices. In Romania journalists are often under surveillance. In Slovakia a proposed law would provide one- to five-year jail sentences for journalists who "demean" the country from abroad. In Poland, the Czech republic and Hungary the situation is better, but everywhere governments exert pressure by controlling paper supplies, distribution facilities and especially broadcast licenses...
Congress and President Clinton must exert pressure on the military and the C.I.A. to declassify documents dealing with Guatemala. Congress should also hold public hearings to expose the whole truth. The Guatemala killers and the Americans who are complicit in their atrocities must be punished...
...from China, a country U.S. politicians can never live with and big business can never live without. When President Clinton made the painful and controversial decision to extend China's Most Favored Nation (MFN) trading status last May, Congress failed to use human rights--its traditionally lethal weapon--to exert sufficient pressure on the president. Let's not waste time trying to make sense of the subtle relationship between MFN and human rights, but rather focus on the second issue...