Word: pushing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...early push for prominence extends beyond the attempt to win friends on the council. Much like the new Democrats or the compassionate conservatives on the national political circuit, several of this year's council candidates are trying to re-make their images to appeal to the widest swath of the campus electorate...
...concerns have been raised because an important competitor is being removed. But with Internet and regional Bell companies creeping into the picture, long-distance rates--now about as low as they've ever been--are unlikely to spurt higher. In the long run, the MCI WorldCom-Sprint combination may push us a little faster to telecom nirvana: one-stop shopping for local, long distance and wireless service; Internet access; and cable TV. Imagine all those connections in one jack (plus wireless) and a single bill based on how much data flows through the electronic spigot. We're headed there...
...ruin your credit history," he says. "It could push you into depression...
...cappuccino. "I think the cappuccino has all the necessary ingredients of the continuation of life," he'll assert later in the day, and insists on buying me one. The cappuccino is handed to us in paper cups, having shot, fully formed, out of a large brown machine with the push of a finger. If Mr. Morris noticed this lack of sophistication, which, considering the level of observation shown in his book, I'm sure he did, he didn't comment. He's much too polite for that. We sit in a vinyl booth, at a table covered in red Formica...
...Buchanan?s would-be delegates, however, are already out in force, softening up the beach for when their man finally steps off the boat. Unless the Ventura/Trump/Weicker axis gets its act together soon, Buchanan will get exactly what he?s always wanted ? a party of his very own to push around...