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Word: pushed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...college rooms and class buildings, but this would be the logical answer to Saturday attendance. Proctors and resident tutors would be in charge of setting their charges on the belt and tagging them with the correct class tag. A conductor, preferably a Crimson Key or Student Council member, would push off riders at the appropriate place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Rake's Conveyor | 5/7/1954 | See Source »

...squad's only loss came at the hands of a strong Holy Cross nine last Thursday, 7 to 5, as the Yardlings were unable to push across the winning runs with the bases loaded in the ninth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '57 Nine to Seek Fifth Win Today | 5/4/1954 | See Source »

...York, city-owned, noncommercial station WNYC announced that it will devote all next week to one program series -an examination of U.S. education. This marathon, arranged to mark the station's 30th anniversary, will push every program except music and news off the air. Participants range from such college presidents as Harvard's Nathan Pusey, Columbia's Grayson Kirk and Colgate's Everett Case to TV's erudite (M.A. Columbia '39) Comedian Sam Levenson, who is billed as a "Teacher and Human Being." Among the more than 100 topics: "The Vanishing Report Card...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: The Busy Air | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

Bulldozers & Draglines. Through the skills of Harry Morrison and other U.S. builders, economic progress has been given a mighty push. U.S. earth movers have shown the world that man need not be a prisoner of his surroundings, starving in desert lands or drowned by torrential floods. He can change much of the unproductive land to suit his needs- Part of this change is due to the new machinery: the clanking bulldozers that knock down forests, the great draglines that claw house-sized holes at a single scoop, the cranes, jumbos, earth movers, power shovels, trenchers and dozens of other mechanical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONSTRUCTION: The Earth Mover | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

Wall Streeter McGinnis knows that he will have to have help from Buck Dumaine, if he hopes to push his ideas through. Said he: "I don't think Buck's going to oppose my ideas just because they're mine. After all, he's got a tremendous investment [more than $18 million] in the New Haven." Buck Dumaine would only say: "Mr. McGinnis will have to do more for the railroad than I have done if he is to succeed. Let's take a look at the situation a year from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: The New Haven Decides | 4/26/1954 | See Source »

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