Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Democratic leaders, who could hardly do otherwise, all praised Reagan's push for reform -- in principle, at least. But on Capitol Hill, Rostenkowski warns, the tax-reform blueprint will be worked over by "535 independent contractors that all have an agenda of their own." Whether the final structure will stand, or even get finished, is highly uncertain...
Democratic leaders, who could hardly do otherwise, all praised Reagan's < push for reform -- in principle, at least. But on Capitol Hill, Rostenkowski warns, the tax-reform blueprint will be worked over by "535 independent contractors that all have an agenda of their own." Whether the final structure will stand, or even get finished, is highly uncertain...
...forcibly push through the student blockade and lead Hoppenstein to safety through underground tunnels...
...sledgehammer approach. They resented U.S. efforts to force them down the same road. As Bertrand Goldschmidt, a French physicist and former chairman of the I.A.E.A., puts it, "Applying nonproliferation measures is a delicate matter. It's like using drugs in medicine. If you are too strict, you can push countries into autarky...
Sunley and the other economists stressed that Reagan must make a vigorous push for the entire reform package if it is to stand any chance of becoming law. Said Rivlin: "The President will have to do for tax reform what he did for the MX -- make a lot of phone calls and twist a lot of arms." Even then, the board agreed, the bill's prospects will hardly be assured. Said | Greenspan: "Anyone who thinks this is going to run through Congress like a hot knife through butter has not observed the political process in this country...