Word: pushes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...size, his friendliness; he liked the guy in spite of himself. Then Clinton leaned forward, and whispered to Newt his big secret, the one that defined his whole life: "I'm a lot like Baby Huey," he told Newt. "I'm fat. I'm ugly. But if you push me down, I keep coming back. I just keep coming back...
Everyone Gingrich called for support had a list. His original conservative allies said push impeachment to the wall, cut $100 billion in taxes, schedule an antiabortion vote, cut the International Monetary Fund loose. Moderates were seeking assurances that none of those moves would ever take place. "We are dealing with utter chaos," said an aide...
...country's ruling elite huddles in Parliament, loudly promising a transition to democracy but hoping to cede as little power as possible, protesters outside the building Thursday grew to an unruly throng of 20,000 that clashed with overmatched police and left dozens injured. "They're trying to push their rulers toward genuine reforms," says TIME correspondent William Dowell, "with the threat of a widespread uprising...
...should the people who jazz up the evening news with sappy music and breathless JonBenet updates moan that Stone is crashing their party? After years of pelting the wall between news and entertainment, they shouldn't be so shocked that Stone, one of America's best entertainers, would help push the wall over...
...Self-interest may push the U.S. to give early and give often: "When people have been left with nothing but the clothes on their backs, there's very little keeping them here," says Padgett. "If you think the U.S. has a problem with immigration from Central America right now, just wait until the refugees from Mitch start heading north." As Haiti and Cuba showed, nothing sways U.S. foreign policy faster than a sudden influx of tired, poor and huddled masses...