Word: pushing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Part 4: Push for a quid pro quo. When the job hunt was on, Tripp made Lewinsky promise not to sign a Paula Jones affidavit denying sex until her new position was locked up--"because if you sign the affidavit before you get the job, they're never going to give you the job." Had Lewinsky taken her advice, it would have looked like an explicit deal--lies in exchange for employment--when in fact Lewinsky started asking Clinton for job help months before she knew she was a Jones-team target. But here's a neat plot twist: Lewinsky...
...Amato sure knows what buttons to push, tapping into long-existing tensions between city and country. But he shouldn't be pushing them. Last time we checked, a senator should represent the entire state, not try to win by dividing and conquering it. SUSANNAH B. TOBIN...
Each student can log onto the Internet and go to the Amnesty International Kosovo page at http://www.amnestyusa.org/crisis.html. Write letters to the president and to your congressional representatives. If enough of us take action, our lobbying may push the powers-that-be to take action to bring an end to the tragedy of the Kosovo Albanians. ALYSSA BERNSTEIN ASTI PILIKA...
...push comes to shove, and your scholarly future is on the line, consider that Harvard will still be here after you take a year off for academic difficulties. If you are a Cubs fan, the playoffs may not. Choose carefully...
...Crimson continued to push B.U. in the second half with offensive runs thwarted by pesky off-side traps. Harvard got a kick-start from the freshman attack tandem of Jonathan Oslowski and Nick Lenicheck, who increased the pressure on Terrier keeper Bryan Murphy. But it was another freshman, unlikely hero Marko Soldo, who gave the Harvard a chance to tie in the 48th minute. Taking a Lenicheck through-ball, Soldo deked out a defender and lined up a shot on goal. The remaining B.U. defender, however, pulled him to the ground before he could pull the trigger, and the ball...