Word: pushed
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Some Board members are beginning to push for the Overseers to take on a more active role in University governance. Although the Board of Overseers officially must approve the Corporation's policies for them to be enacted, it has usually been reluctant to take an independent stand...
...House has always been a difficult job. The competition is keen, and the sources are limited. Unlike Congressmen or even big-city mayors, who can be staked out and buttonholed by reporters, the President and his top aides are carefully protected by elaborate security measures and protocol. Journalists who push too hard risk getting frozen out. "Generally the best, most aggressive reporting does not come from White House reporters, because they have to maintain their good relations," says Knight-Ridder correspondent Owen Ullmann...
BUSINESS: A push for fresh ideas in economics...
Without admitting guilt, Harris said it would pay $14 million in back wages to thousands of workers. Nancy Kreiter, research director for a women's advocacy group that helped push the lawsuit, called the settlement "a fabulously sweet victory." But even before last week's decision, the bank had come a long way. In 1977 Harris had five women vice presidents. Today...
Even before FUEL began its push, Congress seemed unwilling to alienate motorists, which in the U.S. is practically everybody. When California Democrat Glenn Anderson introduced a House resolution opposing any increase last year, he quickly picked up 122 co-sponsors. Anderson plans to offer the nonbinding measure again this week. Says a congressional staffer: "The idea is to send a signal that increasing the gas tax is not the easy...