Word: pushing
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...rescinded at any time at the pleasure of the President or by an act of Congress. Stupak, though, said that the leaders were close to reaching 216 without him and he felt this was the best deal his group could get. "I will continue in the future to push for statutory language," he said, adding that he has been assured by the White House and Democratic leaders that they will not challenge the order. (See the 10 key players in health care reform...
...Expedia for airline tickets - to find a comprehensive list of houses for rent. So, with a business partner, he started such a site. Five years later, the company has $120 million a year in sales, employs 600 people in five countries and is ramping up its marketing push to grow even larger. That's why it needs a new marketing manager in Austin. (See "The Dropout Economy - 10 Ideas for the Next 10 Years...
...Easing the flow of credit, especially to small businesses, has also been a major policy push - and a tricky one to size up. The efficient reallocation of capital is key to any economy but especially to one like the U.S.'s, which counts on dynamism as a competitive advantage. Lending to businesses is down; that much is true. But is that because banks are overly cautious and asset-impaired or because businesses are uncertain about the future - or just aren't creditworthy borrowers? A recent survey by the National Federation of Independent Business found that companies that couldn't borrow...
...Washington has little power to compel such a freeze, and demanding one provides the Palestinians with an excuse not to engage in direct talks with Israel. A third option, outlined by the Israeli political analyst Ehud Yaari in the current issue of Foreign Affairs, would be an all-out push to get Israel and the Palestinian Authority to agree to the immediate establishment of an interim Palestinian state in the West Bank, where the institutions necessary for self-government are in place and working reasonably well...
...also resurrected Meciar-era nationalist rhetoric during his four years in office. He recently called for a fundraising drive to erect a statue to Prince Svatopluk, a leader of the 9th century Great Moravian Empire in central Europe who has become a central figure in the government's push toward establishing Slovak heroes. Fico also triggered a heated debate when he described the nation's ancestors as "old Slovaks" -an attempt to demonstrate that the country has a deep and respectable history. And last year, parliament passed a language act that, among other things, instituted a fine...