Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ralph: Right, dearest. So doubtless we shall soon see Margaret Thatcher flogging Dr Pepper, and Queen Elizabeth in her royal quarters having an argument with Prince Philip over Mountain Dew. Maybe we can get Sandra Day O'Connor to push Gatorade. And how about Mother Teresa for Perrier? She could talk to us about choices for the poor...
...resist." He added that his role will be not just to earn the trust of labor leaders, but to "create as many jobs as I can. That is the fundamental goal of this Administration." That apparently means Brock will follow the Administration line against closed-shop legislation and will push to abolish the minimum-wage requirement for teenage workers...
...confrontation. As up to 4,000 demonstrators strode along the highway between Langa and the white town of Uitenhage, their path was blocked by 19 policemen. Through a loudspeaker, the young lieutenant in charge of the patrol, Johannes Fourie, told the protesters to go home. They continued to push forward. A policeman fired a warning shot at the feet of the group's leaders. Still they advanced. With that, Fourie ordered the police to open fire on the marchers. At least 19 blacks were killed...
...last week. Another coup in a country that has seen 189 governments overthrown since its founding in 1825? Not this time. The sweep was ordered by President Hernan Siles Suazo as a twelve-day-old general strike, which had already crippled transport and commerce, threatened to push the nation into anarchy. Declared Siles: "Tolerance and patience have a limit...
...Vietnamese push, which got under way last November, gained additional muscle after two key resistance camps fell in January and February. Hanoi had moved in two additional divisions for the border operation, bringing the number of Vietnamese troops in the area to almost 60,000. The Vietnamese also conscripted tens of thousands of Kampucheans to build roads and lengthen airstrips in the region...