Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...This university is supposed to be a community and we're trying to make our voice heard in that community. The petition is one more thing that can push the administration toward divestment," Anderson said...
...comeback but is having no luck making them work. Only three months ago, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries seemed to be regaining a grip on world oil prices. The group's agreement in December on a 7% production cut, to 15.8 million bbl. a day, managed to push prices even higher than OPEC's goal of $18 per bbl. But by last week it was clear that the group's clout had slipped once again, as world oil prices dipped as low as $15 per bbl. Several OPEC countries appeared to be cheating on the production agreement by overpumping...
China's power struggle is likely to continue at least until the 13th Communist Party Congress in September. In the meantime, Deng and the other reformers will be trying to push their people into top posts, while Peng Zhen and the conservatives try to turn back the changes that Deng has introduced in recent years...
...real challenge for the Reagan presidency is whether it can now get energetically involved again with other issues. Reagan's aides are counseling him to revive the strategy that proved so effective during the first term: pick two or three major proposals and push them for all they are worth. Domestically, they are urging him to hit the road, selling his package of "competitiveness" proposals -- aimed at pepping up American industry and education to meet foreign trade competition -- in schools and factories across the country...
Once a team like Princeton picks up momentum, everyone on its thinks that he can win. That momentum really can push you over an edge, because it brings out insecurities in your own performance...