Word: pushed
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...against free time—free time not in the sense of having nothing to do, but in the sense of independence from any larger body. Just heading to the basketball court to shoot hoops would seem to most students shockingly unorganized; the pressure and organizational allure of IMs push back. Rowers not on the crew team, for example, cannot even skull on their own without being told, “You should...
Contrary to some forecasts, the global economic crisis has triggered no measurable drop in worldwide immigration rates. For most poor immigrants the push to escape dire poverty and political conflict remains far more powerful than any marginal change to the economic health of the rich countries they're looking to get to. Once an immigrant has arrived, though, the tanking economy is playing an increasingly important role in their fortunes - not just because it's harder to find a job, but also because locals are increasingly hostile to their presence...
...vastly preferable to the poverty, war or religious and ethnic persecution they might experience in their own country. "It's not where you're going that matters as much as where you're coming from," says William Spindler of the U.N.'s refugee agency. "It's usually the push factor that is decisive, whether you're talking about refugees or people looking for work." (See pictures of the force behind the Gulf Boom...
...real question, then, is not whether Obama should push to use the stimulus to promote his long-term priorities but whether he will. He has said repeatedly that he wants to invest our children's money wisely, but he's also eager to blast money into the economy quickly, attract bipartisan support and let Congress work its will. So it's not clear how hard he'll push to fund his long-term agenda. But he should ignore the partisan gripes that the stimulus is becoming a "Christmas tree." Congress is about to toss almost $1 trillion into the economy...
...other skis. Part of the book was about skiing. Are you accusing me of never reading this book? Why don’t you read it if you think you’re so smart. Fuck you. It’s also partly about her brother Josef K., the push-over attorney from Franz Kafka’s awesome novel, “The Trial.” Kafka’s original manuscript was loosely based on a German facsimile of a John Grisham novel called “Runaway Trial.” The lawyers go skiing occasionally...