61.   But environmentalists and other opponents of the drilling charge that Republicans are trying to exploit a national emergency to push through their stalled energy agenda.

62.   But exuding pessimism, they still lingered on in this Red Sea resort town to push forward through the wee hours with their negotiations.

63.   But it is the movement of his pitches and his ability to change speeds and throw all of his pitches for strikes that pushed him through the minors.

64.   But last fall, Patricia Schroeder, a Colorado Democrat who was leaving Congress, pushed through a bill outlawing the practice.

65.   But others at the White House wanted to push it through the House as quickly as possible.

66.   But pushing through pension reform, to lighten this burden, is extremely hard.

67.   But somehow he managed to gather the energy to push through the reforms.

68.   But the elder Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act, pushed through Congress by Kennedy.

69.   But the cuts being pushed through Congress are so big they threaten to devastate nursing homes and drive hospitals and doctors away from taking care of Medicare patients.

70.   But that anger seems to have been largely spent since the election of Mrs. Whitman, who pushed through two tax cuts within her first six months in office.