Word: pump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tall (6 ft. 2 in.) and a youthful-looking 61, the churchman from the small West African country of Benin has emerged during the past 13 years as one of the most engaging personalities on the often austere Vatican staff. Ever ready to flash an infectious grin or pump a stranger's hand, he has even managed to upstage Pope John Paul: during a papal visit to Benin two years ago, it was Gantin who received the most rousing cheers from one welcoming crowd. John Paul's increasing trust hi his African aide was acknowledged last week when...
Whether these changes can be counted as personal triumphs for Andropov is another question. The push to pump younger blood into the aging body politic during Andropov's time in power would certainly have promoted the interests of his supporters throughout the security services and the military. Indeed, Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov was believed to have been instrumental in helping Andropov secure the top party post. But if the late Soviet leader made some moves to shake up the party, he did nothing to challenge a defense establishment grown so large under Brezhnev that no one man could control...
...Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale has proposed a more vigorous federal approach to the issue. He wants to establish a federally sponsored "Fund for Excellence.." which would pump money to community education groups...
...company has made a series of design improvements over the years; recently added features include a new control system and a safer and longer-lasting main fuel pump. Both General Electric and Pratt & Whitney had lobbied hard to win the contract. While GE officials disparaged their competitor as "Brand X," Pratt & Whitney executives dismissed GE as the "lightbulb company." Last week Pratt & Whitney proclaimed in a full-page newspaper ad that the F100 was "a new bench mark for fighter engine reliability and durability." One battle in the Great Fighter Engine War is over, but the fighting is sure...
...common name for this kind of support for government contracts is "pork barrel." Congressmen routinely try to direct lucrative government business toward home state corporations. If they succeed, as many senior committee members do, they create jobs for constituents and prime a future pump of campaign funds. Common examples of this practice include dams and other water control projects; designation of national historic sites, with resulting tax breaks; and construction of federal office buildings. Just recently, Cambridge's own representative, Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, came under fire for this last category by supporting the construction of a federal complex...