Word: push
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Instead of trying to beat the Democrats at their own welfare-legislation game, he showed his tactical skill by concentrating on balking the Democratic program. With Dwight Eisenhower's help, he welded the outnumbered Republican band in the Senate into a disciplined defensive force, not strong enough to push legislation through, but strong enough, with help from Southern Democrats, to frustrate Kennedy's political game...
...school alma mater, Duke University. After thus going on record, Infielder Groat was greeted by a few boos along with the cheers when the Pirates met the Philadelphia Phillies in a doubleheader. He silenced the booers by slamming six hits in eight turns at bat, helped push the Pirates to two victories...
...last month, a 27-year-old Belgian businessman, George Saveniers, ran off a curve in a Cooper, killed himself and a spectator and injured 19 others. Italy's Gianpaolo Volpini, builder of one of the hottest Formula Junior cars, says bluntly that drivers are courting suicide when they push the car beyond its theoretical limit of no m.p.h. And the Federation Franfaise des Sports had some words of misgiving: "Formula Junior cars were meant to be something between glorified hot-rods and disenchanted Ferraris. But now the class has grown from the race of the weekend amateur...
...move to give the U.S. economy a gentle push, the Federal Reserve Board last week took three steps to ease credit and encourage business expansion by making money cheaper and more plentiful. The three...
...past, the FRB has often been accused of coming in with too little a push too late. In the 1957 recession, many businessmen felt the FRB eased credit after the damage was done. This year, with the economy perking along at a steady but unexciting pace, the FRB has been criticized for reining credit too tightly. While industrial production is affected by factors other than the discount rate, there is a notable correlation between the two (see charts). When credit tightens and the discount rate is increased, production tends to level off or diminish; after credit eases, production tends...