Word: pushed
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...really the kinds of things that buck up everyday spenders. But other factors now present in the economy affect popular thinking as well: energy costs, inflation, credit markets and job availability. Thus, the spectacle of Monday's roller-coaster ride on Wall Street may be just one more push toward the point when Americans start to pocket their wallets and thus slow down the economy drastically. When the stock market crashed in 1987, for example, consumer confidence fell but then quickly recovered, helping the U.S. to dodge a possible recession. It was different in 1991, when rising oil prices added...
...they have to comprise long drives, it’s going to be really tough for them to score,” captain Matt Curtis said. “We have a very strong defense…to not have any turnovers on the offense, for the offense to push field position a couple of times, they did a fantastic job, they made life for us very easy a couple of times.” —Staff writer Madeleine I. Shapiro can be reached at mshapiro@fas.harvard.edu...
...16th minute, hitting the post with a powerful header off Baskind’s corner. Junior defender Lizzy Nichols then came close as well, serving in a free kick from close to midfield that took a wild bounce in the box, forcing Bulldog keeper Ayana Sumiyasu to push the ball over the bar. The complexion of the game changed after senior midfielders Rachael Lau and Erin Wylie were substituted at around the 20-minute mark. Play opened up with possession evening out, as the two sides traded attacks in each other’s halves and both defenses held strong...
...Malani, who said he had hoped to examine the details and flush out the weaknesses in both candidates’ plans, spoke positively about the event afterwards. “I think we had some considerable success,” Malani said. “We got to push back on some of the details.” Health care is perennially one of the most important issues in presidential campaigns. According to the Petrie-Flom center, Americans spend $2 trillion on health care annually, a cost that is expected to grow dramatically in the coming decades...
Obama, who mostly stayed away from the negotiations and argued that the injection of presidential politics would only complicate the process, worked the phones in the final days to help push 33 Democrats into changing their votes to ease final passage. While Democrats praised Obama for getting more members to come on board, Republicans - who only last week had credited McCain with at least bringing House Republicans to the bargaining table - had little good to say about their candidate. Obama was praised nine times in the Democratic press conference following the vote; McCain was not once mentioned...