Word: pushed
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...purpose of test flights is to flirt with what pilots call the outer edge of the envelope, to push a plane to the limits of its capability and see what it can do. That is what one of the prototypes of the sleek plane was attempting over the Mojave Desert near Edwards Air Force Base in California last week when it plunged to the ground in a fiery crash. It was the first serious accident in 418 test flights of B-1 prototypes since...
...push to "privatization," however, has been among the most controversial and difficult undertakings of the Thatcher government. Union leaders and members of the opposition Labor Party, which began the movement toward state-owned enterprises in 1946, howl that the sell-off is really a form of "piratization," which robs the British people of companies that rightfully belong to them. The critics have dubbed Norman Tebbit, Thatcher's Secretary for Trade and Industry and a key figure in the socialist selloff, the "principal gravedigger of British industry...
Success seems not to have spoiled the Trivial Trio; it has only increased their obsession with the money monster they created. Like proud parents with baby pictures, they push morsels of arcana on their visitors. "Who is the only U.S. President to have worn a Nazi uniform?" asks Chris Haney with an anarchic chortle. (Their answer: Ronald Reagan, in the 1942 movie Desperate Journey.) Then they turn back to their work, the Haneys calling out sample questions they have researched in advance, and Abbott, perched at the keyboard of a small computer, tinkering with the wording...
...First Lady, zealous about her husband's fortunes, is an intimidating figure to many Administration insiders. But not to Deaver, who uses his partnership with her to push projects with the President. She places unlimited trust in Deaver and is candid about what is on her mind. He in turn works to protect her interests as much as he does the President's. Says one associate who knows both of them personally: "Nancy doesn't tell the President everything. But she's not afraid to tell Mike anything. They're like crossed fingers." Together they...
...million to $12 million. While Assistant FBI Director William Baker conceded that the agency's procedures for conducting a sting operation might need some "tuning up," he claimed that the verdict will not set a precedent. But Democratic Congressman Don Edwards of California announced that he will push for legislation for tighter control of such operations in the future; he proposes that in some types of undercover stings the Government should be required to get a judge's authorization, as is now the case for wiretaps. "The Government sending secret agents in to commit crimes is a kind...