Word: shoving
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Palestinian police proved beyond a doubt that when push comes to shove, or as the case may be, when a slingshot becomes a well-directed gun barrel, they are not impartial enforcers of the peace process; their allegiance to the Palestinian cause takes priority over this process. This is not the first instance of the armed Palestinian forces' lack of resolve or so-called "inability" to restrain the enemies of peace. Original fears that the Palestinian security forces were not adequately equipped to deal with their own extremists have been substituted for the more worrisome concern that they...
...number of films in wide release has risen 13% over last year even as the cost of making and marketing films rose sharply. Not only did the competition for filmgoers' dollars get stiffer, some executives contend that the quality of the films declined as the studios scrambled to shove more and more product into their pipelines...
Through the four years, so many things--both good and forgettable--have happened. There was one coach who told me where I could shove my tape recorder after his team had played poorly in an important match, and a soccer linesman once physically removed me away from a referee whom I was interviewing after a controversial game. But those are two of the few lowlights of my years here...
During the second act, the people indulge in the most extreme vulgarity. One lumber-jack (Craig Hanson) eats himself to death; another (Kirk Bangstad '99) is killed in a boxing match, and all of the men of the city push and shove for a short trip through the whorehouse. Finally, Jimmy indulges in drinking but is unable to pay the bill. Again, it would seem that Jimmy, while certainly influenced by the city's greedy leaders, is just as guilty as the other sinners, but in this production he is portrayed as an innocent victim. His subsequent arrest, however, makes...
...returning to office, but he faces a daunting battle to survive the first cut. His approval ratings barely make it into two digits, his policies are under siege, and his health is shaky. He has succeeded in wrenching his nation from its statist past, but he has failed to shove it into a stable and prosperous capitalist future. Corruption, chaotic change and arbitrary rules are exploited by criminals and a class of well-connected nouveau riche, while ordinary Russians seethe over lost jobs, unpaid wages and a widening gap between rich and poor...