Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...which used to borrow from commercial banks, now increasingly raise money by issuing securities through investment banks. But the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 bars commercial banks from underwriting most types of securities. That competitive inequity has led Wisconsin Democrat William Proxmire, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, to push for a revision of Glass-Steagall that would let commercial banks into the securities business. His proposed bill appears stalled at the moment, but the eventual passage of something similar may be inevitable...
...launch the satellite as soon as possible argue that in the wake of the Iran-Iraq cease-fire and recent missile purchases by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, Jerusalem needs to watch its Arab neighbors more closely. Those who prefer to wait argue that a launch now would only push Arab countries into beseeching Moscow for satellites of their own, thus fueling the region's arms race and irritating the Soviet Union at a time when Jerusalem is trying to improve relations with Moscow. The ten members of Israel's inner Cabinet are expected to make a decision within the next...
...mile track with loops at both ends at Lathen, near the Dutch border. A previous model, the TR-06, has already run the straightaway at 256 m.p.h.; the TR-07 is designed to reach 300 m.p.h. Most impressive of all, though, is the Transrapid consortium's push to break ground on two major projects, the Los Angeles-Las Vegas link and a 95-mile Hamburg-Hannover line...
...same time, blacks are prominently displayed in Japanese commercials. Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson and Singer Michael Jackson push Japanese products, and Suntory brewery features a black doo-wop group called 14 Karat Soul in television spots for its Suntory White whisky. Japanese marketing experts say viewers respond favorably to blacks because they seem more full of energy than whites. Says an advertising expert: "Blacks appear to have a wild side that seems beyond normal human strength...
...agency to further set back its launch date, now scheduled for mid-September, by as much as a week. While John ; Talone, who manages work flow on the Discovery, believes a September date is still realistic, some agency officials have been saying privately that the accretion of glitches might push the launch into October. A few have deeper concerns. Says one NASA official: "There's a sense that we can't afford to have another accident, or it will mean the end of the shuttle program...