Word: pushes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...declared that the U.S. will support a majority government in Rhodesia, and offered sanctions on Smith's regime. Kissinger also pledged to seek the repeal of the Byrd amendment, which allows U.S. companies to import Rhodesian chrome despite a U.N. boycott. In addition, he committed the U.S. to push for a timetable for transition to black rule in South Africa...
...Posts. The pre-eminence of Jimmy Carter left the conference in some confusion and uneasiness. Much of the Georgian's black support in the early primaries was rooted in the desire to eliminate George Wallace from the race. But, said Jesse Jackson, head of Chicago's Operation PUSH (for People United to Save Humanity): "The absence of Wallace is not the presence of justice." According to Jackson, there is no candidate running who inspires the black community...
...committees on the Hill (three in the Senate and three in the House) are charged with overseeing intelligence operations. Their oversight has been infrequent and ineffectual. Yet their chairmen are reluctant to share any power. In addition, Church and his allies face another problem as they try to push through their proposals: growing apathy. Because the whole process has taken so long, and so much has been written and said, controlling the CIA is no longer a heated political issue. The substantial reforms initiated by Ford, the CIA and the Department of Justice have also eased the pressure...
...jail because of her silence about others. Her lover Dashiell Hammett, who had just served a prison term for contempt, warned her that she was courting a martyrdom much worse than she imagined. He scolded, "Just remember there are rats in jail, and tough dykes, and people who will push you hard just because they like it, and guards who won't admire you, and food you can't eat, and unless you do eat it, they'll put you in solitary." Hellman remained obdurate. She would not even let her lawyers inform the committee about past...
...mean a doggone thing." But only the chorus lyrics are enunciated clearly as Keith Richard, Billy Preston and the new Stone Ron Wood (though he only plays on two cuts) form a tight backup group to sing out the threat: "Cause if you really think you can push it/ I'm gonna bust your knees with a bullet." Some of the lyrics may be swallowed up, but what you can hear is more than enough to set your imagination running. Keith Richard closes out the song and the album with a satisfying run of ascending and descending guitar...