Word: pushed
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Supporters of the resolution said that it would slow disproportionate allocation of affordable housing, while opponents said it is important to push forward with the city’s affordable housing plan...
...Push-ups are the penalty. The cadets drop to the ground...
...overall recruiting practices should project our belief in the power of education to change the world, not merely in the power of rebounding to change a game. The school has taken a great step in this direction with the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative, and the accompanying academic recruiting push among America’s less affluent communities. But a college whose freshman class still draws more members from Andover than from most states has plenty of work left to do. Every effort that Harvard devotes to that prospect seeking to concentrate in basketball—with a secondary...
...games would bring an unprecedented - and in some cases very harsh - spotlight" on China and how it is governed. On the other side, everyone from human rights activists to independence seeking dissidents in Tibet and Xinjiang - "splittists" in the Chinese vernacular - knew they would have an opportunity to push their agendas while the world was watching. "Thought the specific trigger for this in Tibet is still unclear, that it intensified so quickly is probably not just an accident," the senior diplomat says...
According to this view, it was never hard to imagine a scenario in which some group - and maybe several - would push things, try "to probe and see whether they could test limits." The critical issue, now front and center, diplomats say, is just how far angry Tibetan activists will push - and how harshly the Chinese government will push back...