Word: pushed
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Children rarely read for fun. How can we encourage interest in recreational reading? -Tricia Munson, Highland Heights, OH It's up to the parents to not only allow but encourage reading fun books. People tend to push books that are good for you, like broccoli instead of ice cream. But if you let them read Spider-Man-I sure did-they are going to move on to Ray Bradbury and Stephen King...
Notorious for restricting the kinds of phones and applications customers can use, Verizon may have liberated its users, serving as a model for the industry. On Nov. 27, the company announced it will let any phone, technology permitting, connect to its network. The plan could push other U.S. carriers to offer the same flexibility, already common in Europe and Asia...
...wing. But there are plenty of moderate Democrats who cannot abide her. I will never vote for Clinton. I find her disingenuous, cold, brittle and hypocritical. Her husband is likable enough; she is not. He was a good President; she would not be. I'm supporting Edwards, though if push comes to shove in the general election, I'd vote for ABC - anybody but Clinton. Sara Finegan, SAN DIEGO...
...library has become a requisite stop on the U.S. Commerce Department's tour of Colombia as part of its attempt to push a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the country through Congress. American legislators are taken to flower farms that live off of exports to the United States, meetings with President Alvaro Uribe and business and labor leaders. Optional stops include textile plants, urban slums and remote villages being rebuilt from the ashes of guerrilla and paramilitary violence...
...bound and personally inclined to pursue a negotiated settlement at almost any cost. In 2003, then serving as a senior Vatican Cardinal, the current Pope was firmly behind John Paul II's opposition to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Indeed, many in Rome cite parallels between the current push from American hardliners to confront Iran and the walkup to the war in Iraq. "The Holy See hasn't forgotten what happened in Iraq," says one Vatican insider. "Seeing how that situation has developed, there is great, great prudence on the part of the Holy See. The judgment shown...