Word: pushed
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Vera and Torre attempt to secure Lopito's release, but they realize only too late that they are helpless in the government's insidious tangle of lies and deception. Although he is too weak to move, the police force Lopito to push a heavy cement roller across a basketball court, but he collapses and dies. Torre witnesses the entire scene, but even though she calls in her cousin, who is Freddy Fox, she and Vera are too late. Even Fox is powerless in the face of the cackling doctor, who signs Lopito's death certificate saying he died...
Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court was resoundingly rejected last year in large part because the Senate feared Bork would push the Justices into overturning landmark decisions on civil rights. All the more reason for the uproar last April, when Justice Anthony Kennedy, who filled the vacant seat, joined a 5-to-4 court majority inviting reargument of a 1976 decision that allowed citizens to sue private institutions for damages resulting from racial discrimination...
Other experts worry about just the opposite possibility: that the Social Security program will push the overall budget substantially into surplus. If Government revenues far exceed spending, less money will be available for businesses and consumers. That could produce a drag on the economy or even a recession. Already, says Robert DiClemente, a senior economist at Salomon Brothers, "many people are now paying higher ((Social Security and Medicare)) payroll taxes than income taxes." The thing to do, argues Robert Myers, chief actuary of the Social Security Administration from 1947 to 1970, is to cut the payroll tax so that...
WORLD: Japan' s push for superpower rank spells finis for the American century...
...Starship's rear-facing propellers push rather than pull it through the air. A pair of 7-ft. tip sails, fitted to the end of each wing, serve as vertical stabilizers and help reduce aerodynamic drag. The forward-mounted canards swivel back during high-speed flight to further reduce drag and are equipped with elevators that eliminate the need for a tail. Beech is keeping the Starship's performance characteristics secret, but early reports suggest it can reach cruising speeds approaching those of business jets at about 40% the fuel cost of a Gates Learjet or a Cessna Citation...