Word: pushes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...game ended with Harvard threatening, but unable to push the ball over from the five-yard line...
...budget cutting during the second half of his term, he may have only minimal difficulties on Capitol Hill, and it could be argued that the disappearance of both liberals and some conservatives has put the Democrats more in line with Carter's personal position. But if Carter tries to push new spending programs or controversial foreign and defense policies, he is bound to face more flak from the 96th Congress than he did from the disruptive 95th. That applies particularly to the Strategic Arms Limitation treaty, for even Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd has misgivings about the pact...
...Jones industrial average tumbled 14.81 points. At week's end it was moving in a narrow range just above 800, but nobody could be sure it would hold there. Some brokers fear that a combination of high interest rates and the threat (or fact) of recession could push the average down to the low 700s...
...tighter money, she believes, will be the real cure for the dollar's debilities. The trouble is, the early side effects will be bad: higher interest rates, which lead to higher prices for a while. In time, however, the stringent money policy will force inflation down and push the dollar up. What scares Whitman is that the turn to a more stable world monetary system may not come soon enough. People may panic and retreat behind walls of protectionism. Says Whitman: "There is an increasing sense that the postwar dream has failed, and that the only hope...
...local hotels that seek kashruth certificates. Among the demands: use only automated equipment and non-Jewish employees to heat food and wash dishes on Saturdays; abolish Saturday check-out except for emergencies; and program hotel elevators on the Sabbath so that Jewish users will not have to push floor buttons. Zolty also requested the Hilton to eliminate Christmas and New Year's parties and decorations. "In a Jewish hotel, one doesn't hold Christmas parties or any parties for other faiths," he said. "How would it be if Jews went to the Vatican to hold their celebrations? What...