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Word: pressings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Wang Dan said he did not press for entrance, and thought Shang "got some pressure from higher levels...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre and Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Dissident Kept From Chinese Officials | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...party, Unity (an small offshoot of the Labor party), to be formed in order for there to be a vocal and unremitting attack on Hanson. One cannot help but fear that this same complicit silence may descend into mainstream American politics. Given the "disappearance" of Buchanan from the mainstream press over the last month, the American conscience should be on high alert to the Australian danger...

Author: By Rosalind J. Dixon, | Title: Pat, Pauline and Extremist Politics | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

Harvard continued to press, but found its advances frustrated by an Eagle defense loaded with up to eight defenders trying to preserve the lead...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Soccer Upset by B.C. 1-0 in NCAA Second Round | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...compelled to absorb all the information in the briefing books assembled for him by his own stable of heavily credentialed experts. Besides, in Austin, at the statehouse and in campaign headquarters on Congress Avenue, his distaste for the highbrow is considered a virtue. In meetings with his speechwriter and press staff, Bush reviews the words that will go out under his name with a keen eye for the pompous and overwrought. When he spots a sentence that wouldn't make sense to the average layman, Bush peers over his half glasses and reads it back to his staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Why Bush Doesn't Like Homework | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...right have bitten the dust, leaving only novelty candidates like Alan Keyes and Gary Bauer. John McCain is not competing in Iowa. And Bush, the stealth candidate, is getting hit when he comes out of hiding. Forbes, who usually sounds like the disembodied voice that tells you to "Press 1" to be connected to the next available customer representative, is actually animated when he talks about Bush's failing the latest pop quiz. "Everyone would understand if he didn't know the No. 2 in Uzbekistan. But not knowing important world leaders underscores that people don't know whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Next: The Forbes Bump | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

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