Word: pushed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...administration, Casey said that Faust thought it an “opportune” time to “reconnect” with members of Congress who were already in support of the legislation. But while students said they were hopeful that Faust’s gesture would help push the bill forward, Casey said that the timing of a possible vote was difficult to forecast, as “immigration issues are always difficult to gauge.” —Staff writer Athena Y. Jiang can be reached at ajiang@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer June...
...that's something I discovered over the course of the campaign. You can push through normalcy. People will be excited for a short period of time, and then it's like, Oh, yes, it's just Malia's mom here. She comes here every Saturday: "Hey, how you doing? It's good to see you again." And you're trying to watch the game. So we just keep doing...
Even Bayat, who plays by conservative rules and is not one to push boundaries, said, "Let's face it: the decision makers are all men." With some resignation and an office that barely speaks of serious campaign preparation, she added, "Not one man among the candidates has so far stood up and asked the Guardian Council to consider women candidates with full equality." She adds, "They said gender wasn't an issue, but it was because they didn't consider the imbalance of opportunities between the genders...
...Iran, Netanyahu came away with an assurance from Obama that he would give Tehran until the end of this year to put the brakes on its nuclear-weapons program. If Tehran refuses to budge, the U.S. says it will push for sanctions. If those fail, Washington is keeping open the option of a military strike. Security sources tell TIME that soon after taking office, Obama urged the Pentagon to come up with a military plan to take out Iranian nuclear facilities in 2010, just in case. No doubt this pleases the Israeli Premier. As Israeli newspaper columnist Nahum Barnea wrote...
...Obama Administration on the Palestinian issue? Netanyahu will no doubt try the tactic used by previous Israeli Premiers, which is to stall, using the plausible excuse that Palestinians lack a coherent leadership. Netanyahu must also be wondering how hard Obama and a pro-Israel Congress will be willing to push its key regional ally. No doubt he will test Obama's determination. (See pictures of heartbreak in the Middle East...