Word: push
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...best the White House could do was to set a target of this week for drawing up a specific list of requested cuts. Congress could not wait. Its leaders are anxious to push through budget resolutions by the statutory deadline of May 15. They hope that will counteract the efforts of Washington's myriad lobbyists to block reductions in their favorite programs...
Reagan declined to push a bandwagon psychology. "I don't see how you can say anyone is unstoppable," he said, "especially when you consider all that has happened so far this year." There are indeed unpredictable elements. But his national political director, Andy Carter, sounds untroubled. "Who is there left?" he asked last week. "Bush? Anderson? I don't see where they can win. Ford? If he looks at the numbers, he'll never...
Some Congressmen have urged the White House to impose stronger economic sanctions against Iran. Washington is reluctant to do so because few of America's allies would go along with an embargo, and such a move would push Banisadr closer to Moscow.* As he has made abundantly clear, Iran's new President is no friend of America's, but he remains the best hope for a stable, non-aligned government in a country that the U.S. can ill afford to let fall into the Soviet orbit...
Snipers shoot at people through the camouflage of sarcasm or irony and should be asked to explain and expand their remarks. "Smoke them out," says Bramson. "Make them be overt in their attack, or backtrack. Don't push. It's hard for hostile people to lose face. Let them get put from under their attack." The behavior of exploders-sudden yelling, cursing or crying-requires no action at all. Simply let the tirade or crying jag spin itself out and end in a guilty apology. If that fails, Bramson recommends a distancing line: "This is a very serious...
...checked these numbers." Despite their indecision, he says, analysts respond well to deadlines, if the lead time is stretched a bit. In dealing with be-nice people, the point is to keep the employee talking long enough to find out what is really going on. Don't push, or an impulsive decision will result, and never show enthusiasm, which indecisives find alarming. Instead, appeal to the employee's sense of what is best for the company, which usually works. If this fails, says Bramson, keep the initiative by saying something like "I'll be back Thursday...