Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...praise Tolins gets from his peers is so lavish that at times his theatrical co-workers can't avoid giving their enthusiasm for him the little extra push that is all it needs to turn into self-parody. "He knows everything about everything," complains fellow Pudding script writer Blake. "He hits a golf ball better than I do, he has to shave more often than I do, and he was a great Little League baseball player...
...Professor Alan M. Dershowitz commented that although McNamara could have an "enormous" impact on the traditionally liberal state through his position, he believed the office would retain a tradition of high quality and would see few ideological changes. "If you have high standards, you can't push it either way politically," he said...
...best customers, has fallen % from 13% to 7.5%. The board believes the full benefit of low interest rates has not yet been felt. The economists doubt that the Federal Reserve will allow rates to move up until the economy is considerably stronger. Indeed, they suggested that the Fed should push down the cost of borrowing a bit more...
...currency may have to come down further to force a shrinkage of the trade deficit. If the greenback were to fall another 15% against all currencies, Economist De Vries figured, it would slash about $50 billion from the deficit. One reason: foreign manufacturers would finally be compelled to push their prices up substantially on goods sold in the U.S. The rise in import prices would fuel a slight increase in the American inflation rate, the economists said, but not enough to outweigh the benefits of a decreased trade deficit...
...village pageantry has its share of the airborne sublime. A statue is carried through the streets in a Holy Week procession. Peress crops out the bearers, the better to invest the figure with an unearthly life of its own. His colors are deeply saturated reds and purples that push his shots into the realm of theatrical fantasy. These are not just pictures of a festival but equivalents of the festival spirit: flushed, headlong and maybe a bit tipsy...