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Word: pushed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Berliners seeking "Strength through Joy" may harden their muscles in a Rugby football scrum, or do push-ups in unison, but may no longer cycle, climb mountains, or ski in organized groups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Metes & Bounds | 12/24/1945 | See Source »

...spots, the play of the Stahlmen was generally of the upper bracket high school variety; fast breaks, sharp passes, and accurate shooting were entirely absent. The only elements even resembling Grade A basketball were the work of Lew Desci as pivot man and John Gantt's smooth one hand push shooting from the corners...

Author: By Stanley J. Friedman, | Title: Sluggish Crimson Varsity Tops Coast Guard 40-20 | 12/14/1945 | See Source »

...Karageorgevitch dynasty went down for the third time last week; it was the second time Russia's hand helped push it under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: Pigs to Books | 12/10/1945 | See Source »

...power squeeze on Iran grew tighter by the day. Sharp Russian pressure was bearing down from the north, and now a mild U.S. push was coming up from the south. Between them lay the helpless, hapless Government of Premier Ebrahim Ha-kimi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Heating Up | 12/10/1945 | See Source »

...stop whistling in the dark and begin to talk. The first alternative is a genuine people's movement throughout the world which consists of a hearty refusal to back their governments in any program of "preparedness," be it window dressing like "peacetime conscription" or serious, scientific preparation to "push a button," together with an equally hearty demand that their respective governmental representatives meet promptly to write a world constitution and to set up a world government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 26, 1945 | 11/26/1945 | See Source »

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