Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...been allowed to pick as his successor, Ira Noel Gabrielson, 46, a conservation expert who has spent all but the first three years of his professional life with the Biological Survey. Of new Chief Gabrielson, who weighs 260 lb., Ding remarked: "They won't push him around...
...point Dr. Kapitza went to his native land to attend a convention. When he started to return to England, the Soviet Government refused him permission to leave, explained bluntly that his services were needed at home. Peter Kapitza wailed that his work was in pure science, could not possibly push the Second Five-Year Plan. The high command, with an eye for prestige as well as services, was adamant. The Soviet Embassy in London issued a statement...
Balancing the two teams, I believe Harvard has the defensive edge, Yale the offensive. Since you have to push over touchdowns to win football games, I pick Harvard in a tight games...
...They've just got to nominate a man who'll draw some Democratic votes, someone outside the political field. That's my chance. Of course this Republican gang like to hold everything in their own hands, but I'm going to get inside them and push them the right way. ... I just feel it's my duty...
...last three weeks Dick Harlow has been faced with the same discouraging results that confronted Crisler when he took over the reins at Princeton. Except for occasional flashes of brilliance, the team has not shown the drive, the push, nor the vigor that makes for an undefeated season. The blame, however, lies with the past, not with the present...