Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Several employees said that when they ask for increases, the administration claims they are already the highest paid in the country. "If we can get in," said Sullivan, "we can push M.I.T., one of the colleges we have, to equal Harvard, then point out that Harvard is no longer the highest in the country...
...northward over the mountains of central Korea. Their general's orders were simple: "Use every daylight hour to seek out and destroy the enemy. Inflict maximum casualties and sustain a minimum of your own. Withdraw to strong defensive positions at night. Search every piece ground. Do not push on until you have eliminated every Communist...
There was no bypassing the enemy. A unit would push into an area, then consolidate and mop up before moving on. But, despite the slower pace, Ridgway encouraged greater mobility. He ordered his G-4 section to strip down its cumbersome supply system. Eighth Army's infantry began to hear the old paratrooper slogan: "Throw away the extra weight...
...thought Drinker, can't we reverse the process? First, push air into the box to press on the lungs, making the cat exhale, and then draw air out of the box, causing air to rush into the lungs and fill the vacuum. The two men got to work at once and soon were making the cat breath mechanically by pumping air into...
...boss of the company's general machinery division, Bill Johnson also kept new products rolling out, from the first coal-burning gas turbine locomotive to a mechanical kidney for use in hospitals. Together, the Two Bills helped push Allis-Chalmers from ninth among U.S. farm equipment manufacturers to third. (First: International Harvester Co. Second: Deere & Co.) Said President Roberts: "We're a team...