Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hearst man agreed that Adlai is the best man. "I thought he would win at first, but now I think has a push-over...
...postpone its decision for further study, put the best face on the decision when it came and acclaimed the board's "real courage." Lewis lumbered into a strategy huddle with his top aides, lumbered out again to deliver his pro-Democrat oration as promised ("cast aside and push away . . . the alluring Republican names"), without a mention of the WSB decision...
...costs was spent on a modernized assembly line for a new V-8 engine which will power half of Dodge's ten 1953 models. The new engine, a smaller version of Chrysler's "Firedome," has 140 h.p. (v. 103 h.p. in the old six-cylinder engine), will push the car up to around 100 m.p.h. Bill Newberg, who boosted Dodge from eighth to sixth place last year, is raising 1953 production schedules by 25%, to 312,000 cars. Said he: "We'll be knocking on the sales door right behind the first three...
...with the Dever pin watched the police take the barriers apart and push them into their paddy wagon. "Damn good speaker," he said. "And damn decent. Makes a good impression. And a very courteous crowd, too. It's good that they gave him a hearing. He's a nice young man. Last time one like that came down here, it was Coolidge. They threw rocks. And then this Lodge's father was down once too. A very distinguished old gentleman. It's good to let people hear for themselves. I'm very glad they didn't throw rocks...
Carefully guarded, limited state control can push educational television over its initial and most difficult problem. Otherwise, the Council will soon be handing over channel 2 to Hoppy and the Space Cadets...