Word: pushings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...normal situation and bent it to a ridiculous conclusion. A Pepsi ad, for instance, features a boy on the beach drinking a Pepsi who then sucks himself into the bottle. Japp, a European candy bar, runs an ad where a West Indian man, having eaten the candy bar, mistakenly pushes a Porsche over a cliff. The slogan is "Japp--Extra Energy to Push You Over...
...campaign-finance reform and reforming entitlements. On the surface, leaders from both sides seem ready to work with the opposition. "I think you'll see us try to reach out and find a common ground with President Clinton," Gingrich said after the votes were counted. The GOP will still push for tax cuts, fewer federal regulations, reduction in federal spending and balancing the budget. Congress also will continue its investigations into the Clinton administration on a range of ethics issues, the latest being questionable foreign donations to the Democratic Party. White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta claims that...
...feeling good. Sen. Kerry has been all over the state...We're happy where we are, but we are not going to take a single thing for granted," Kerry spokesperson Dwight D. Robson said. "We are going to continue to push for votes until the polls close...
Thomas may coast to a 10th term after winning two-thirds of the vote in the past two elections. He has used his chairmanship of the House Oversight Committee to push campaign-finance reforms that would cut the maximum donation for pacs. Thomas was also a key opponent of the Clinton health-care plan in the last Congress. He calls his philosophy "pragmatic conservatism," and it seems to be popular in the 21st...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "[Being a committee chairman] means, instead of having all these ideas and not being able to push them through, I'm now in a position to do it myself...