Word: pushed
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...normal times, a French President's call for an overhaul of the world's financial system would cause eye-rolling and dyspepsia among the world's free market purists. But these are not normal times: on the weekend, U.S. President George W. Bush echoed Nicolas Sarkozy's push for an international summit to that end, and on Monday world markets seemed to endorse the initiative with a positive fillip. Though the specific goals, attendees, and even exact date and venue of such a meeting have yet to be determined, the mere agreement by U.S. and European leaders to update...
Jones says we can and we should. This isn't the time to abandon the green push - not just because carbon emissions continue to rise faster than ever or because scientists grow more concerned daily about the fate of the planet. Let's even put aside a politically fraught cap-and-trade program for the moment. A green stimulus package - a Green Deal, perhaps - could not only put the unemployed back to work in the middle of a harsh recession, but also lay the building blocks for a new, more sustainable American economy, one prepared to compete in a future...
...Crusaders kept Dale and her back line on their toes from start to finish, and the keeper’s leap to push a Holy Cross shot over the crossbar to preserve a 1-1 tie stood out as one of the game’s defining plays...
...know that there is still work to do.”In the other heavyweight competition, the Harvard championship eight finished a solid 13th among 27 other entries. Despite several setbacks, including starting in 27th position and the misfortune of not having any other boats in sight to push off of, the Crimson still managed to finish the course in 15:11.831.Harvard’s second entry, primarily composed of sophomores, wasn’t far behind, finishing 18th in 15:16.368, while the Crimson’s third and final entry, consisting of only freshman, finished 29th...
...even when Harvard seemed poised to put the game out of reach, Clark and his offense proved game for a high-scoring affair. After four of its first five drives came up empty—including the fifth, which ended with a Dorris interception return for a touchdown to push the Crimson’s lead to 14—Clark engineered an impressive 80-yard drive and capped it with a bullet to a wide-open Mike Fitzgerald to make it 17-10. And as Harvard’s offense sputtered after the break, mustering just a third-quarter...