Word: pushed
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...even implanted in a monkey's womb because this is the most private of industries, a $4 billion business that largely polices itself. Liberals worry about egg selling and womb rental, about poor women being exploited to help rich women have children--but they don't want to push too hard, because reproductive freedom is a hallowed right. Conservatives struggle to explain why they oppose using leftover frozen embryos for stem-cell research but don't oppose their creation in the first place...
...Athletic Department struck again this year with its push to switch many junior varsity teams to club status...
...fact, Crone and Tosteson say that Mass. Hall administrators exploited a leadership void at the Medical School in order to push through their agenda...
...suicide bombings and hundreds killed in the past year. Both the PPP and the PML-N have said they will seek talks with the militants. In theory, that might be something the U.S. could live with (not that it would have much choice), although it is sure to push for a continuing military role as well so Islamabad can negotiate from a position of strength, says Bruce Riedel, a former top CIA and NSC South Asia analyst. "If you get a credible government," says Riedel, "it'll be better positioned to move against al-Qaeda. All the atrocities that...
...That's an argument long made by Pakistan's secular parties in their push for an end to Musharraf's reign. The coming months will surely see it tested...