Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Looking at the statistics, auto engineers argue that increased horsepower has made cars far more efficient and safer. The new engines push cars along easily at normal cruising speeds, thus give better mileage, have more acceleration for safe passing and a longer life without expensive repairs. Says Plymouth Chief Engineer Robert Anderson: "When the engine is just loafing along, you are getting much better fuel economy, and a lot more durability. If the motor isn't straining, it's not wearing out so fast. And by keeping engine speed low with a powerful engine, we can keep...
Confronted with the dead body, men have asked themselves at various times: "Shall we lay it in a boat that is set adrift? . . . Shall we expose it to wild animals? Burn it on a pyre? Push it into a pit naked to rot with other bodies? Boil it until the flesh falls off the bones, and throw the flesh away and treasure the bones?" Primitive peoples discovered that, by devouring a dead body, they did not acquire its spirit; with that insight, as myths tell it, the original oneness of spirit and body, heaven and hell, was torn asunder...
...rooms in the Houses at 8 p.m. Wealthy students--and the College still has some--can then take their girls to Boston and spend $10 to $20 for an evening's entertainment. Undergraduates who, after buying their date's football ticket, still have $3.60 to spend can push their way into a House Dance. But students who dislike gaudiness, crowds, or exorbitant prices would still prefer to remain in their rooms, where they can entertain inexpensively and maturely...
Last week the most powerful group of money managers in the U.S., the presidents of the 12 Federal Reserve district banks, met in Washington to take a reading on the economy. They also concluded that the push is still upward, and the monetary authorities must go on with their policy of restricting credit...
General George and four other executives went out in the 1953 flare-up, forcing Hughes to move in fresh executive talent. In as general manager ten months ago went Laurence Hyland, an able onetime Bendix executive with plenty of drive to push both research and production, keep building up the staff. Since 1949, Hughes Aircraft's payroll has jumped from 750 to over 20,000; the research and development division alone has 2,000 topflight men against less than 100 seven years ago; one out of every ten scientists and engineers holds a Ph.D., one of every four...