Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nine-member Sandinista directorate feel the same way. Since the five Central American Presidents signed Arias' peace pact last August, every conciliatory gesture made by Ortega in the international arena has been followed quickly by a harsh gesture at home that reminds the internal opposition not to push the limits of reform too fast. And each time the boot came down, rumors flew that the moderate and hard-line comandantes were in deep disagreement. Last week brought new evidence of strains. As Ortega decreed an end to the state of emergency, five more opposition members were arrested, bringing to twelve...
...calendar were changed to push finals before Christmas break, those luscious weeks of September, when the crowds have left the Cape, the Vineyard, Nantucket and the Hamptons would be pushed out of the lives of the faculty. In addition many faculty members have vacation from mid-December till February under the current calendar. Putting finals before Christmas would erase this six-week, hiatus, and although certainly not all faculty members are of the "January-in-the-Caribbean" set, all of them are of the "Let's-dream-about-doing the Netherlands-Antilles-next-winter-maybe...
...Hollywood moguls had a New Year's wish, it would be that every week was Christmas. This season, box-office cash registers have been ringing like sleigh bells, to push the 1987 theatrical take toward a record $4.2 billion, up 11% from 1986. Even more encouraging for industry executives was the return of a species that had looked endangered throughout the year: the comedy...
There was no immediate confirmation from Tehran or other Arab capitals that Iran postponed its offensive. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, gave no indication how long the 'Iranians might hold off unleashing a new push...
...Chen venture aims to push into supercomputing's furthest frontier, a technology called parallel processing. Machines using that technique divide complex problems into pieces, which are then handled by scores or even hundreds of processors working simultaneously. The Reagan Administration is reportedly planning to endorse and underwrite research in the field, since the technology is crucial not only for such applications as weather forecasting and wind-tunnel testing but also for the President's Strategic Defense Initiative...