Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Push-Button Learning...
...world in which we live. To reject the so-called "impractical" subjects in our high schools is to deny our cultural heritage. . . . It is tantamount to admitting . . . that learning, as far as we in America are concerned, is nothing more than a quick method for discovering which button to push and when to push...
...after their fall offensive ended, they were hammering the approaches to Mukden again, despite four-foot snow and cold that dipped to 30° below zero. The Reds did not have to storm Mukden, it probably would be enough to keep the garrison cold and isolated for the big push next spring...
...bartender, "people forget what is the prime purpose of a bar, which is to drink." He had three solutions for that: 1) "An extra employee to rove through the crowd and remind people that their drink is getting low"; 2) "Fill the first row with fast Scotch drinkers, and push them slow beers to the back. However, that is too ideal to be practical, because you would be offending a beer drinker who could easily develop into something better"; 3) "Raise prices during television hours; most places...
Most important, if the daring financial gamble is won, it may encourage other European nations with overvalued, rachitic currencies, notably France and Greece, to push through their own tough financial programs. (Without realistic devaluation of many European currencies, the Harriman committee on foreign aid warned, "further aid from this country will be wasteful and ineffective...