Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Officially, then, the high-sulfur group is against any new legislation which would mandate reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions. In private, however, the lobby hints that, if push comes to shove, it would opt for legislation requiring the installation of costly scrubbers in coal-burning power plants--thereby obviating the need for low-sulfur coal...
...losing candidate from going to the polls? Do they also scare away voters favorable to the apparent winner by making them feel overconfident? Do voters for an underdog turn out early, and in large numbers, precisely because they share Wirth's and Connolly's opinion and hope to push their candidate to victory in spite of expectations...
...office, Reagan dramatized his concern about the national debt, then approaching $1 trillion, by noting that it would take a stack of $1,000 bills 67 miles high to equal that total. When he brought out his new budget this month, Reagan failed to mention that his deficits would push the debt to $ 1.8 trillion by next year and raise his stack of $ 1,000 bills to more than 120 miles...
...Sullivan principles are a shameful compromise born out of a push for divestiture," said Kenneth Carstens, fellow at the Center for International Affairs, leader of an Institute of Politics Discussion Group on South Africa and South African politician. "The South African government supports the principles, and they're not going to support them if they're not good for apartheid Carstens adds...
...Wisconsin the following week: "I think we must move. I think we must push the United States ahead again. I think we must give this country new leadership. I think America must move forward again...