Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...board of management considered the matter of Samuel Hayes, 75, a retired economist who heads a committee that has been pressing to admit women. In a letter to members, the board described Hayes' crusade as "ungentlemanly." So far, no disciplinary action has been announced. The prowomen faction vowed to push ahead. "The club has suffered from this exclusionary policy," said an unrepentant Hayes last week. "We have cut ourselves off from society." The last time the membership was surveyed on the issue, in 1980, 41% supported the admission of women...
Though the protectionist push has begun to worry increasing numbers of Congressmen, it has by no means petered out. So many Senators and Representatives have committed themselves to the textile bill that it is nearly certain to pass, though probably not by margins large enough to override a Reagan veto. But second thoughts are cropping up, spurred by several considerations...
...lower price for the dollar might enable them to reduce domestic interest rates and thus speed up their internal economies. And if sales to the U.S. fall? Well, the unattractive alternative is protectionist legislation that might slam the American market shut in their faces and push them into retaliation...
Some look to the Federal Government to make companies competitive. Arguing that Japan's success is based on close business-government cooperation, they call for an industrial policy that would have committees select future growth industries and push exports. But that approach is unlikely to work in the U.S., which lacks the history and ethos of public-private cooperation. A U.S. industrial policy would likely end up in bureaucratic overregulation or logrolling favoritism, with Government aid going to the industries with the most political clout rather than to those that most need development. The Federal Government, of course...
...hours a week in sports or other exercise. They spend three to four times that watching TV and playing video games. Schoolchildren's scores are now declining for strength, power, speed, agility and cardiovascular fitness. The Amateur Athletic Union reports that 36% of youngsters meet its standards for push-ups, high jumps, long jumps, endurance runs and sprints. Just a few years ago, the number...