Word: prod
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stubborn resistance to any accommodation with the rebellious Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza. Nor could the event paper over his fear of the increasingly assertive attempts to force him to adopt a more flexible stance. That activism strengthens Washington's effort to prod Israel into direct talks with the Palestine Liberation Organization...
...Castro Valley, Calif., Dick Bash, owner of a store named Combat Arms, reports that he is overwhelmed by demand, largely from gun fanciers who fear that the Purdy massacre might at last prod legislators into taking some serious steps to control the sale of guns. Says he: "There is an arms race on, all right. People are rushing to buy guns before the government takes them away...
...church's first women priests were illicitly ordained. During eight years in the priesthood, she has developed a reputation as a bright, articulate activist. Harris, who will be her church's 29th black bishop, is the convener of a coalition of minority and social-action caucuses that seeks to prod the Episcopal Church into what Harris calls "an increased advocacy role and some real risk taking." A prime risk that she favors: acceptance of practicing homosexual clergy...
...simple assurances, of support. He was aided by his colleagues' misgivings about Johnston's ties to Big Oil interests and Inouye's lackluster television style. Though Johnston made an issue of Mitchell's Northeastern liberalism, it fell flat, even with moderate and Southern Senators who have been trying to prod their party more toward the political center in the wake of Michael Dukakis' defeat...
...that the fans don't show any enthusiasm--it's just never directed at the game. A 20-yd. Flutie to Stanley Morgan completion isn't enough to prod the spectators to stand, but a time-out rendition of "Twist and Shout...