Word: pushed
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...stars with 13 Oscar nominations between them paired up for an R-rated crime drama. The actors, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, and the movie, Heat, received a glitzy, year-end push from a major studio and breathless media coverage. The New York Times likened Pa-Niro's six minutes of shared screen time to "Ben Hur sitting down and acting with Spartacus...
...times in its first five paragraphs. Grassley has recently toned down his legislative threats as schools have posted lower returns amidst a market downturn. Earlier this week, Grassley spokeswoman Jill Gerber said endowment performance in tough market conditions would be a key factor in determining whether the senator would push legislation to mandate a five-percent rate. Harvard’s healthy 8.6 percent gain, while significantly lower than in recent years, left the endowment larger than last year in real terms, even after the record payout. —Staff writer Clifford M. Marks can be reached at cmarks@fas.harvard.edu
...Such fears say a lot about this country's newfound financial dependence. So does Paulson's preference for making announcements on Sunday--just before the markets open for the week in Asia. "I suspect this is the first case where foreign central banks exercised their leverage as creditors to push the U.S. government to make a policy decision that protected their interests," wrote Brad Setser, an economist at the Council on Foreign Relations who closely tracks capital flows. One suspects it won't be the last...
...last weekend, the Crimson had 19 cracks and its first goal of the season Wednesday. That first tally came off the foot of sophomore Katherine Sheeleigh, Ivy League Rookie of the Year and Crimson scoring leader a year ago. Katherine Kuzma, another one of the valuable rookies that helped push Harvard to its 10-win season last year, picked up the assist on Sheeleigh’s game-winner.Junior Laura Dale started the game and played the first half in net before giving way to All-Ivy classmate Lauren Mann, who started every game in goal last season...
That's why there's such a buzz around the tall, sleek figure bestriding the podium in Loughborough. The town won't need much of a push to switch allegiance from Labour to Tory and neither will the country. A general election isn't due until spring 2010, and Cameron's 20-point lead in the opinion polls could yet sag if fate gifts Labour a game-changing event or an economic miracle. But for anyone who recalls the animosity toward the Tories that ushered Labour into power in 1997 and helped keep it there for more than a decade...