Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...than White House counselor Edwin Meese III. It was Meese who recently raised anew the Reagan government's callousness and insensitivity, when he questioned concern over hunger in the country, and implied that many people in soup lines were really not impoverished. It was Meese who led the Administrations push for tax exemptions for colleges that racially discriminate. And it was Meese who has worked actively to enact the President's notorious directive of March 11, 1983, which seeks to create what is essentially a lifetime censorship system for more than 100,000 top government officials who have access...
...regained its national prestige with the last piece on the program. Twyla Tharp's "Push Comes to Shove." This ballet is a with, virtuosic, humorous dance that had its world premiere in 1976. This almost ultra modern dance takes classical ballet and turns it inside out. Twyla Tharp catches each tradition and turns it into a hilarious joke. With music by Fran, Joseph Hayden and Joseph Lamp and a confident, clever set of dancers. "Push Comes to Shove" was a smashing hit. Tuesday night Danilo Radojevic. Marianna Techerkasky and Susan Jaffe led the ballet although Cheryl Yeager and Clark Tippet...
Hans Mast, a University of Zurich lecturer and executive vice president of Credit Suisse, was encouraged by some of the trends he sees accompanying the economic expansion. He predicted that the drive for greater efficiency and profitability is likely to push firms toward more capital investment and increased emphasis on exports. He expected that the nine major European economies would produce a surplus of $30 billion in their trade of goods and services this year. That compares with a rough balance in 1983. The U.S. last year had a deficit of about $40 billion, and could incur a shortfall...
...carried in a tan tote bag, has many of the features Apple introduced in January 1983 with its Lisa computer. It uses a "mouse," a pointing device the size of a stick of butter, that permits users to give commands to the computer with just a push of a button. Like Lisa, Mac relies heavily on symbols and pictures on the screen to help people conquer computer phobia. But unlike the more expensive Lisa, Mac cannot swap information between different programs...
...just as the Israelis were celebrating their newly independent statehood, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan invaded the country, with the express desire to "push the Jews into the sea." That is obviously Israeli aggression...