Word: push
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Massachusetts Gov. A. Paul Cellucci quickly took advantage of the charged atmosphere to propose two changes to the judicial system. He first vowed to renew a push for the state to adopt strict sentencing guidelines. Cellucci then said that he would file a bill to give prosecutors, as well as defendants, the right to appeal sentences. Both of these proposals would hurt the justice system more than they would help...
...Many soldiers let the perceived power go to their heads, and that power was abused" one unidentified soldier told investigators. "Soldiers would spit on locals, push them on the streets, poke the women with sticks, and generally act like barbarians." On one occasion, after a boy had obtained permission to take some soldiers' photograph, one of the troops grabbed his camera and smashed it on the ground, the report said. This happened after they had agreed to let them take their picture," a U.S. Army civilian interpreter told investigators. "This," the report concluded, "was an unprovoked attack on a child...
...shirts and merchandise; press two for media kits) to gin up support for the high school in the Texas town of Santa Fe that provoked the Supreme Court ban on student-led prayers last June. Response to the campaign has been mixed: some residents are eager to push the limits of the decision, but others resent agenda-minded outsiders who invite tens of thousands of people to attend home games and recite the Lord's Prayer. In Asheville, N.C., the group We Still Pray, led by pastor Ralph Sexton, filled a football stadium with 12,000 supporters at a rally...
...This, naturally, is where the Federal Trade Commission comes in. Last week the FTC released a report on how movie studios, music companies and video-game makers push violent products on children. Landing as it did in the middle of the campaign season, the report caught the attention of Washington at the highest levels of presidential ambition. Al Gore gave the entertainment companies six months to shape up their marketing practices or face unspecified retaliation from Washington. The Senate Commerce Committee, chaired by John McCain, held a hearing to examine the FTC conclusions. Senate colleague Joe Lieberman showed...
...commission's request, internal marketing documents and other evidence were provided by more than 60 companies, including Disney, Fox and Sony as well as Warner Bros. Films and Warner Music Group, both owned by Time Warner. After sifting through those, the FTC decided that the three industries often push violent product in places where young people are a large part of the audience. Though the report did not cite films or studios by name, it did find that R-rated films were advertised in high school newspapers, offered to teens through free preview screenings and advertised on programs watched heavily...