Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...problems and frictions both sides experienced through the long and frustrating INF talks in Geneva. Instead, we are subjected to pages and pages of criticism directed solely at Washington's approach to the talks. Intra-Administration rivalry, attempts to solidify the support of the Europeans, the "public relations" push for domestic support of our position--Talbott describes it all in excruciating and damning (at least in his eyes) detail. His acknowledgement, that the Soviets never accepted the West's intention to deploy at least some missiles to counter the SS-20 sneaks by in a glancing reference. The Soviets' ridiculous...
...counter commercial decline, government officials have turned to the NSF to push universities, research institutions and businesses to return us to glory days of high tech superiority. In particular, they are goading the NSI to clean up its outmoded methods of management and emphasis on short-term profits, and turn instead to a revitalized long term planning agenda. And to top it off, they are driving the NSF to somehow beef up its engineering research programs...
...always found she worked much better with guys than with girls," says Andover Coach Peter Washburne. "I think she found it more competitive working with the guys. She could push both them and herself harder without hurting anyone's feelings...
...delineating "the nature of the University itself and the ways in which it should or should not respond to evil in the outside world," Bok merely rules out divestment. What remains frustratingly unclear is whether Harvard, in dealings with companies doing business in South Africa, thinks it can push for improvement or is just making symbolic gestures expressing opposition to apartheid. It is this question of intent that Bok leaves unanswered...
...tactical adjustment in the second half by Shattuck swung the momentum of the game into the Crimson's favor. Noticing that the Cornell defense had concentrated on Kenworthy and Catliff, creating a four-on-two situation, he instructed the Crimson forwards to push up further in attack, eliminating the option of passing back and also making the Big Red distribute the ball more quickly...