Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hand would be heavy upon them because: 1) the Germans blame the Serbs for Yugoslav resistance; 2) Germany needs Serbia's copper and foodstuffs. They would probably not get much food from Serbia this year, thanks to war damage and the dislocation of agriculture which the German push has caused in all Balkan countries...
...were taking 100,000 in Thrace and Yugoslavia was not the answer. At noon on the sixth day, German motorcycle patrols met the van guard of a pompous Italian parade (the Arezzo and Florence Divisions of regulars, a regiment of Bersaglieri, a legion of Blackshirts) which had succeeded in push ing about six miles out of Albania against little resistance except an unseasonal snow storm...
...Simovitch learned at St. Cyr, the elite French war college, began to counterattack in exactly the opposite direction from their pre-battle expectation. Their major effort was southward, into the Serbian hills. They counterattacked near Kragujevac, General Simovitch's birthplace - traditional home of the Obrenovitch dynasty. Their strongest push was into a rugged defile known as Kachanik Pass. There they claimed to have destroyed 90 German tanks, to have taken great toll of man power, to have checked the German drive...
...them by-1) tireless pastoral work, 2) worship, not revivals, 3) never pressing membership on any of the thousands he invited to attend a service. Says ex-Salesman Otterbein: "When a man is ready to join the church, he will make the move himself. Sure you can push a man into joining, but when you do, that is the last time you will see him." His congregation, which includes 19 nationalities, also has a high percentage of onetime lapsed members of other denominations, including 400 ex-Catholics...
Half the fun of The Devil and Miss Jones is in sharing Charles Coburn's secret while unknowing shoe clerks push him around. The other half comes from the lightsome little comedy itself, which bubbles along without a hitch under the knowing hand of Director Sam Wood (Goodbye, Mr. Chips; Our Town; Kitty Foyle). Comedienne Arthur plays second fiddle to the enameled professional finish of oldtime Actor Coburn...