Word: pushings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Could you do a few push-ups for me? Don't like hurt yourself or anything, but you know...
Harvard always has--and always will--attract, as well as select, overachievers and people who push themselves very--certainly too--hard...
Looking to the future, Barrios is looking to push a bill that would require mortgage institutions to lend to low-income neighborhoods. The current law requires only banks to lend to low-income neighborhoods. The inclusion of mortgage institutions, which Barrios says direct 60 percent of lending resources, would help fortify these communities...
...more the West cries foul, the harder the Russians will push," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "And with a rise in oil prices having boosted the Russian budget, even the IMF threat is unlikely to have much effect on Russia's plans." Western leaders are warning that not only will destroying the city and every living thing in it diminish Russia's international standing, but the march on Grozny may have created its own momentum. "Russian sources admit there's no military rationale for pressing ahead with an all-out assault on Grozny," says Meier. "From a strategic point...
...zero-tolerance approach ends the guesswork. In the early '90s, schools began adopting one-strike-and-you're-out policies for kids who secreted weapons or drugs on campus. The President gave zero tolerance a big push when he signed a 1994 law requiring one-year suspension for students who take guns to school. But by definition, zero tolerance erases distinctions among student offenses. Hence the national crackdown on Alka-Seltzer. Since 1996, schools in four states have suspended at least 20 children for possession of the fizzy medicine...