Word: pushes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Jimmy Carter had bet on his choices in the gubernatorial elections, it would have been, in Las Vegas parlance, a push. In Virginia, Carter was counting on Henry Howell to take a state that Carter himself could not win last year. Howell, who often invoked his friendship with the President, failed too. In New Jersey, where Jimmy and Rosalynn spoke up for Governor Brendan Byrne's reelection, their efforts were rewarded. But both elections, as expected, were decided mostly by the candidates' personalities and local issues...
...McIntyre lunch with the President and Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns. Burns also breakfasts weekly with Blumenthal. Despite that regular contact, Burns is not a member of the inner circle, and his insistence on moderate growth is out of step with the Administration's current desire to push the economy ahead at a faster pace. Burns, of course, wields great independent power over the nation's money supply; last week he reaffirmed his determination, despite Administration criticism, to throttle back money growth in order to "undernourish" inflation...
...suits raise two important questions: Did Gulf join the cartel willingly, despite its protestations that it was forced into the group by the Canadian government? And did the cartel's operations, even though they were confined to foreign markets, help to push up prices in the U.S.? If the courts decide that both answers are yes, Gulf would be open to antitrust prosecution by Washington, to private suits by any U.S. buyers of uranium who were hurt by the price blowup and even, conceivably, to suits by some of the 30 million-odd U.S. individuals and businesses that...
...institutional clout in academic, government and corporate circles. The symbolic, as well as direct economic import, of an activist stand by Harvard in favor of the human rights of South Africa's black majority cannot be underestimated. The students, alumni, faculty and other employees of the University must help push Harvard toward the socially responsible position on this issue...
...PUMA members have de-emphasized the push for legislative reform recently as they have realized most politicians will offer them little support. Weeks says, "We were getting doors shut in our face for decriminalization." So the group is re-orienting itself toward social services...