Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dillon was, however, optimistic that the problem can be licked, and he suggested three immediate steps to give a new push to the Government's drive to solve it: 1) the addition of a high level Commerce Department official to coordinate all efforts to increase exports; 2) new tax legislation to eliminate the incentive for U.S. corporations to transfer funds abroad (its main aim: to nullify a recent Canadian tax change that encourages U.S. companies doing business in Canada to shift funds from U.S. to Canadian banks) ; 3) a study to see if U.S. export sales are being hurt...
Shattered Illusion. China's push into the Himalayas is of great importance in Asia; at stake is India's prestige, indeed its political security, for no one doubts that the reason for Mao Tse-tung's mountain grabbing is to open the route for further southern penetration...
...five years may well be too long. Nehru knows that he cannot push the Communist Chinese out of the territory they occupy without triggering a conflict that would force him to call in the Western allies to bail him out. But Nehru can no longer afford to let China gobble up any more Indian territory. If India cannot throw the Chinese out, it must hasten its defense buildup to deter Red China from any more land grabbing. If it does not, India may find itself in the grip of a five-finger vise...
...Philadelphia's beleaguered and money-losing Curtis Publishing Co., already embarked on a drastic cost-cutting program (TIME, March 30), would rise by $6,500,000 a year, to $21.5 million. The Reader's Digest (circ. 13.5 million) has estimated that the proposed rate increases would push its annual mail costs up 28%, to $16.2 million; TIME INC.'S postage payments would rise $7,500,000 a year, to $25.5 million...
Back from the Barricades. It was a crucial moment of decision for Argentina. The nation was dismayed at events, and tense, yet on all sides there was a curious unwillingness to push to the barricades. Frondizi made no emotional appeals to the people; the army kept most of its troops safely inside their barracks. Even the Per&243;nista leaders, not wanting a full test of strength that would result in their forceful suppression, behaved themselves. Per&243;nistas trumpeted their "triumph of the people" but the mobs were ordered to stay home, and they obeyed...