Word: pushed
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Last week Jackson redefined his terms. "Well," he told an interviewer, "consideration does mean offered. It does not mean just in passing." To a CNN correspondent, he indicated that he would press Dukakis hard: "I'm going to push him until I get a response." He contended that the 6.7 million people who voted for him (vs. 9.7 million for Dukakis) had earned representation on the Democratic ticket. When asked why he was now pushing for a job he once spurned, Jackson proved yet again how eloquently he can cloak his own ambition in historic significance. "For some people...
...experts say that it overstates the degree of distress because a large number of those listed as out of work are people who are voluntarily moving from one job to another. According to this line of reasoning, 5.6% unemployment is actually close to "full employment," and any attempt to push the rate much lower will cause inflation to accelerate. Other analysts say the unemployment rate understates the problem because it does not include the so-called discouraged workers, who have given up looking...
California environmentalists are marshaling their forces against the ATVs. In May the state parks and recreation commission renewed a ban on off-road vehicles in California state parks, except for those areas specifically designated for their use. And California conservationists are continuing to push for an even bigger crackdown. Desert legislation proposed by Senator Alan Cranston would create 3 million acres of new national parks, where access would be limited to existing roads, and 4.5 million acres of protected wilderness that would be closed to all motorized vehicles...
...when push came to shove in Moscow last week, it was these military officers who came together in a perverse sort of joint venture to thwart their bosses' desire for a more upbeat ending to the summit. They could be accused of defending parochial military interests. Indeed that is what they were doing. But that, of course, is what they are paid to do. In a relationship that is still rooted in the paradox of deterrence, the soldiers will have their say, including their veto over what the diplomats -- or, for that matter, the President and the General Secretary...
Despite the efforts of individual administrators and department chairmen, significant numbers of minorities will not be hired at Harvard until Bok and Spence combine forces and take the initiative, Kilson said. "We don't have a president who is putting a big-push imprimatur behind these matters," he said...