Word: pressing
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...Syria's immediate goal will be to maintain its influence over events in Lebanon, and to continue to press Israel to meet Syrian terms for a peace agreement...
...suffered a serious setback in April last year when he failed to bring home a deal from Washington, where he'd gone to negotiate a final agreement on WTO membership. (Although the two sides had been close to agreement on trade matters, the Clinton administration was politically unable to press a deal with Beijing amid the fallout from nuclear espionage allegations.) But skepticism over rapid reform has grown over the past year, less because of Maoist nostalgia than out of concern that its immediate consequences - massive unemployment with no social safety net - will provoke widespread unrest that could undermine Beijing...
...year ago this month, one of the greatest quarterbacks in football's storied history hung up his cleats for good. In the May press conference announcing his retirement, a teary-eyed John Elway bid farewell not only to the team for which he played so tirelessly, but also the fans who cheered him on through good times and bad. Only Dan Marino, who also has recently left the sports stage, had more career yards and completions...
...after distancing himself from his father's Mideast legacy, George W. cloaked himself in the mantle of continuity while unveiling his foreign policy centerpiece - a distinctly Reaganesque missile defense strategy. Standing behind the candidate during a media conference at the Washington Press Club was a chorus line of foreign policy players from administrations past, including President Bush's national security adviser Brent Scowcroft; his Russia expert Condoleeza Rice (who now serves as chief foreign policy adviser to Bush the younger); and his Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Colin Powell, as well as former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger...
...embarrassing nature - TIME military correspondent Mark Thompson disputes that perception. "This appointment has been stuck in a holding pattern for about eight months while the investigation went forward," Thompson says, pointing out that the complaint had been made against Smith many months before the news emerged in the press. That kind of pace, Thompson adds, doesn't exactly point to a desire to jump the gun. At this point, the Army's proactive stance stems primarily from the knowledge that they've got to move on - not because they're sitting in the middle of a public relations minefield...