Word: pushed
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When Barack Obama takes the oath of office as President on Jan. 20, he'll have an environmental agenda of his own. But before he can push his initiatives, Obama may need to clean up the legacy of his predecessor, George W. Bush...
...became clearer that the U.S. housing market was in an asset bubble, line managers could often see how slapdash the standards being employed were. But with compensation aligned with metrics like revenue and market share, and not risk mitigation, the forward push continued. When managers did articulate problems, they were often ignored. In August 2007, one of Merrill Lynch's top risk managers warned his boss that a decision to wager $3 billion on indexes of mortgage-related securities was too risky. The firm made the bet anyway; three months later, the risk manager left. "The psychology during a boom...
...wrong year. If Washington Republicans decide that he lost because he was too squishy on immigration or too pro-regulation in his response to the economic crisis or too mavericky, they could find themselves cocooning in the wilderness for a long time. (See pictures of John McCain's final push on the campaign trail...
...pictures of John McCain's final push on the campaign trail...
...pictures of John McCain's final push on the campaign trail...