Word: pushes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first official acts, Brown is expected-but not certain-to advise Carter to go ahead with production of at least some B-l bombers. Says a friend of Brown's: "He wants to maintain a strong defense, but without hatchet-waving histrionics." At the same time, Brown will push hard to break the current impasse on the second round of Strategic-Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II) with the Soviet Union...
...laissez-faire farm policy for putting farmers in peril of a "disastrous cycle of boom and bust." Butz abolished costly Government food stockpiles and deeply slashed the multibillion-dollar farm subsidies established in the Kennedy-Johnson era. At the same time, he launched an aggressive food-export push that has helped boost farmers' incomes...
...Petroleum Exporting Countries, who have announced a two-stage increase of 15% in the world price of oil, v. the 5% increase posted by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are playing into the hands of Israel. Said Yamani: "Israel has an interest in higher prices because they push the West to find alternative sources [of energy] and to end its dependency on the Arabs...
Reviving Railroads. On land, Adams' positions and records are even firmer. It was he who in 1970 did most to push through the legislation creating Amtrak as a first step in reviving the nation's dying railroads. In 1973 he was the primary author of the Conrail plan, merging the bankrupt Penn Central and other roads into a Northeastern network. He favors continued regulation of the trucking industry and−most important to big-city dwellers−he believes in improvements in mass transit...
...importers, the U.S. seemed likely to be hurt least. It still produces 60% of the oil that it burns, and a large share of its imports come from Saudi Arabia. The average price of crude available in the U.S. will go up no more than 3%, and that will push up the Wholesale Price Index a negligiblen...