He wanted popular pressure for the increase to help get Medicare through the next Congress.

Local responses tend to come first and popular pressure is very important, especially since more people belong to environmental pressure groups than to political parties.

More Republicans will sign up if they feel enough popular pressure.

The opening of the Wall wasn't a humanitarian, but a tactical decision taken because of popular pressure.

Tokyo has been struggling with mounting popular pressure for economic sanctions against the North.

However, this explanation cannot be directly linked with the popular pressure for a post-war full employment policy.

The Perot campaign had created tremendous popular pressure for reduction of the deficit.

Since then the rest of the world has watched, fascinated, as oppressive regimes have crumbled under popular pressure.

Despite such setbacks, popular pressure for reform remained strong.

"It was not the result of popular pressure but of squabbles at the top."