Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan Administration's so-called Baker Initiative to ease the international debt problem by encouraging moderate Third World growth through measured dollops of additional loans. Citicorp's decision to set aside funds puts pressure on other heavily exposed U.S. banks to do likewise. That policy, in turn, could help push up interest rates as the institutions seek to recover the costs of their set-asides...
Much of the criticism of the Reagan Administration's push for a 600-ship Navy has been that it is designed for a dubious new mission: threatening the Soviet mainland during the early stages of a superpower showdown. Journalist Jack Beatty, writing in the May issue of the Atlantic magazine, argues that the Navy should concentrate more on its less glamorous time-honored role -- which happens to be what the Stark was doing last week. One problem, however, is that the vulnerability and cost of America's large aircraft carriers mean that the Navy does not feel safe stationing...
...while Orville made a last-minute adjustment to the motor. When everything was ready, Wilbur tried to release the rope fastening the machine to the rail, but the thrust of the propellers was so great he could not get it loose and two of the men had to forcibly push the Flyer backward a few inches until the rope slipped free. Orville ran beside the machine, balancing it with one hand. In the other hand he held a stopwatch, which he started as the Flyer lifted from the rail...
...with a merger agreement between Pennzoil and Getty Oil, a judgment that finally led to Texaco's bankruptcy filing in April. On the other hand, Holmes a Court's purchase may mean that he believes a settlement between the two sides is in the wind, a development that would push up Texaco's stock price and earn Holmes a Court a fast profit...
...Nissan have little reason for nervousness. Imports accounted for only 2.2% of the Japanese market last year, and the giant American auto manufacturers were virtually absent. BMW's success, however, has encouraged several foreign carmakers, including Sweden's Saab and Volvo and West Germany's Mercedes-Benz, to push harder in Japan. As a result, car imports to Japan jumped 36% in 1986, to more than...