Word: pushes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...aims turned from Holocaust hostility to acceptance (if grudging) as rapidly as it did. Reports Correspondent Ogden: "The Administration says it was all planned that way, but that is not precisely true. They knew there would be anger in Israel at first, and they hoped it would help push things forward, but they were not certain how well it would work. There was design, and some skill, involved in this strategy. But there was also luck that it fell in place as well as it seems to have." The Carter Administration's push for Geneva will surely require much more...
...result, the White House strategy?as Israeli supporters in the U.S. are angrily aware?has been a deliberate, escalating diplomatic offensive to nudge Israel toward negotiations that could lead to both peace and a Palestinian state on the West Bank. Simultaneously, the Administration has been trying to push the P.L.O. toward recognition of Israel...
...written, all the characters are relatively wooden, and to push beyond stereotype requires unusual subtlety and conviction. Of the performers in this production, Eda Rabinovitz alone (as the mother) plays her part from the inside out. She makes the events real by the truth of the characterization rather than the other way round...
...treaties may rest with two key Senators: Majority Leader Robert Byrd and Minority Leader Howard Baker. Despite calls from President Carter, both remain uncommitted. Baker told the President: "I have decided not to decide for the moment." Byrd has indicated only that if he makes up his mind to push the treaties, he will do so in an all-out way, directing Senate strategy. If he decides to oppose them, he will cast his negative vote but not lead the opposition. Although their indecision may look like abdication of their roles, the stance of both men may be tactically smart...
...will have a much harder time supporting unwanted children-- are not. A third of the 261,000 abortions Medicaid paid for last year were performed on poor minority women; a third were performed on girls under 15. It is possible that this compromise is the best the Senate can push through. It would be unfortunate if we are willing to permit such injustice to be visited, as it will be, on one of the most vulnerable segments of society...