Word: pushing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Behind a strong push, Harvard pressured the Dartmouth defense by working the ball up the sidelines and forcing a corner kick in the 32nd minute...
Inside the American camp, there was disagreement about how best to push the negotiations forward. Everyone was impressed by Arafat's apparent willingness to find a deal. But the Americans were split over how to handle Netanyahu. Albright, who battled with the Israeli Prime Minister last May and lost when she gave him an ultimatum about moving troops from the West Bank, was growing increasingly frustrated with Israeli stalling. Friday night, as the Israelis celebrated the Sabbath, Albright was host to a small, Arabs-only dinner. "I really understand the pain and aspirations of your people," she said...
...have spent a large budget for credibledefense," Chen warned. "The cream of their economywill be destroyed. That will push China back intothe 19th century while the rest of the world movesforward to the 21st...
...legislature implemented changes to half-encourage, half-push recipients into the work-force. With a few exceptions, the bill requires welfare recipients to work-force. With a few exceptions, the bill requires welfare recipients to work or volunteer for 20 hours a week, and it limits welfare aid to two years per family. Starting this December, thousands of families will reach their time limits and stop getting welfare...
...West Bank settlers barricaded roads, right-wingers in Israel's parliament failed on Monday to pass a no-confidence vote over the Wye agreement. "The opposition has promised to back Netanyahu over the agreement," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "That doesn't mean they won't push for early election so that they can unseat him and take forward the peace process themselves...