China then, though battered by the Asian financial crisis, was busy dismantling state-owned enterprises and pushing for admission to the World Trade Organisation.
Scores of sports are pushing for admission, such as Frisbee (although yet to be ironed out is who gets the medal, the guy or the dog?) and alpinism, which had its application red-flagged when it was mistaken for a chafing condition caused by lederhosen.
William F. Galvin, secretary of the commonwealth of Massachusetts and its securities regulator, is another law enforcer who has long pushed for admissions in civil cases.
Burk said she believed that the positions taken by Ward and Weill would lead more Augusta members to push for the admission of women.
The rare push for an admission of wrongdoing stems from a policy change championed by the S.E.C.'s new chairwoman, Mary Jo White, a former federal prosecutor and Wall Street defense lawyer.
The question is whether the trading commission will push for an admission similar to what the S.E.C. obtained about market manipulation, or whether it will accept a settlement with the traditional approach that would involve neither an admission nor denial of a violation.
A petition launched to try to push for Georgia's admission to an expanded Seven Nations has already attracted thousands of supporters.
The results will be an embarrassment to the government, which has pushed for fair admissions.
It can be used as ammunition for those who push for a more restrictive admission policy.
While working to improve student satisfaction and directing more resources towards teaching are important, the key move for any university in the middle or lower part of the rankings is to improve student retention and achievement by pushing up A-level scores required for admission.
