Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After years of quiet experience a group of Black faculty and administrators suddenly became aggressive last year, focusing a harsh spotlight on Harvard's minority hiring record. And while the activists have taken care to stress the cooperative facets of their push for affirmative action, the stridency of their statement this year has betrayed a certain impatience with some of their official colleagues...
What may separate this squad from the others, though, is a highly touted freshman class that Scalise says "will push some people" for starting roles, and that will add a touch of youth to an extremely experienced squad...
...having religious people foster political views is not new. If you take the view that abortion is murder, you can't expect that not to be expressed in the political arena. People have a right, and a moral obligation, to push what they believe to be true. If one uses religious arguments, one has a right to do that, just as one has a right to oppose them. It may be dangerous for the nature of the [church-state] debate, but I don't see how you can stop...
Given El Salvador's violent past and forbidding present, Duarte may seem to be embarked on a quixotic, even dangerous venture. Aware of the challenges-and the physical risks, should he push the armed forces or the conservative oligarchy too far-the engineer turned politician nonetheless remains optimistic that he can build democracy and stability in a land that has known little of either. "Give me a chance," he said to a group of visitors last month. "It won't be easy, but don't be impatient. We will get there...
...woman's uterus. During this procedure, which requires no anesthetic, Steptoe likes to have the husband present talking to his wife. "The skill of the person doing the replacement is very important," he says. "The womb doesn't like things being put into it. It contracts and tries to push things out. We try to do it with as little disturbance as possible...