Word: pushed
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...headed of $40 million. Nonetheless, Wright has a defense unavailable to Meese. As a top White House aide and later as Attorney General, Meese had no constituents; he "represents" the entire nation. By no stretch of the imagination could his attempts to help Wallach push the building of an Iraqi oil pipeline and win Government contracts for the scandal-scarred Wedtech company be considered part of his duty...
...about the same time, Iran launched what at first appeared to be a successful offensive into northern Iraq. The push was stopped by a counterattack in which the Iraqis, according to the Iranians, used poison gas; hundreds of Iraq's own civilians perished in the city of Halabja. Iran Expert Shaul Bakhash of George Mason University says the combination of Iraqi missile and chemical attacks disheartened the Iranians. "It brought home to them for the first time that they were exposed and alone...
...current trade negotiations, we will push for removal of tariffs and other barriers that impede commerce. To show we are serious about this goal, we will move immediately to curb the wasteful subsidies that each country pays to its domestic farmers -- subsidies that hamper agricultural trade and lead to overproduction and inefficiency. Specifically, we have all pledged to reduce our agricultural payments by 20% over the next year. If a country does not comply (and the staff of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development will be the arbiter), each of the other nations will subject selected products from...
...superman myth is reinforced by the fact that he can "push a button" and destroy large swaths of the globe. But that is a wholly unused and wholly unusable power. In reality, the American President is one of the least powerful chief executives in the West. He cannot even pass his own budget, a minimal attribute of governance...
Reunification of the two countries, which were split in 1948, is not a forbidden topic. Every South Korean President has said that rejoining the two countries is a top priority. But relations between North and South are still hostile, and many South Koreans who cheered the students' successful push for democratic reforms last summer have reservations about the protesters' current cause. As the owner of a Seoul bakery summed it up: "I supported the students + when they fought for democracy. This time I don't understand them...