Word: pressing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Mazzoleni applied the full court press to sway Kolarik away from the money, offering a more valuable Harvard degree in its stead. But the coach had a natural ally in his efforts...
...ruling has unsettled many private universities because it removed the last significant legal obstacle to graduate student unionization at private universities. Yale University, for example, urged NYU to "carry the case to the federal courts if it has the opportunity," according to Associated Press reports...
...state of writhing, blooming and collapsing-intricate and really quite elegant. In both cases, however, the "Asian" influence is a touch heavy-handed: Burckhardt seems to like cherry blossoms and dragons, while his wife incorporates those little bearded toothy-smiley dogs into a few of her pieces. The press release calls them Chinese Fu dogs, but, with Butterly's vivid glazes, flea market chintz is a more accurate description...
...faces the choice of either buying them off again, or else reviving negotiations with Likud to form a unity government. They agreement they're offering is not that hard for Barak to swallow, but of course once they're in they would have him over a barrel and could press for more concessions to their agenda...
...These new findings should be a source of concern for those involved with the prevention and treatment of illicit drug use among young people," Lecturer on Social Psychology Henry Wechsler, one of the authors of the report, said in a press release...