Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...road Republican, e.g.,-he voted for the Taft-Hartley Act, supported NATO. As acting majority leader, Bill Knowland stumbled at the start but then took a firm hold. Bob Taft started the major bills through the Senate, but Knowland was the man in charge when the final push was needed...
...rotation) and "The Little R" (rest and rehabilitation leave in Japan). He knew to the day when he could expect to go home -"if too much stuff doesn't hit the fan and use up all the replacements," or if the brass didn't "push the panic button" and freeze rotation for a while...
During World War II, the Germans made hydrazine for use as a rocket fuel. The chemical bond between the two nitrogen atoms contains a large amount of energy, and when it is broken during combustion, the energy is released, giving the rocket a powerful push. In the U.S., hydrazine (which is poisonous and blows up if improperly handled) will be used in rocket fuels, but in the long run it will be more important in chemical synthesis. Here the possibilities are almost endless. Each of hydrazine's four hydrogen atoms is highly reactive; each can be replaced, sometimes...
...response to this appeal, Legionaires across the nation took new interest in the welfare of lecture-goers. In Harrison, New York, the local post united with the Board of Education to push through a loyalty oath required of all who use Harrison school buildings, from visiting colleges lecturers to Boy Scouts...
...wage boost. Said Republic Steel's President Charles M. White: "Where we might have talked [the union] out of something, [they] might now be a little harder to talk to." White was right. Reuther's old political opponent, Steelworker President Dave MacDonald, was sure to push for a wage boost to equal the autoworkers' gains. In terms of cents per hour, union officials figured the pensions and benefits equaled about a dime-though many steelmen were now balking at any raise. In short, the steel negotiations, which opened on a note of optimism last month, were...