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Word: pushed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Conveniently tucked behind a bush next to Lamont's entrance is a book slot, a safe haven, day or night, for an errant book. Last night, a pair of students tried to push a thin book into the slot and found it clogged with books...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Great Book Glut | 1/5/1951 | See Source »

Both teams improved their play in the last period, but Urban Landini's set shooting was the main factor in keeping Northeastern a contender. With the game tied 45-all, John Stevenson hit in three straight push shots to give the Crimson a lead it kept for a remaining five minutes of the game. Dick Lionettc, who had scored eight of the Crimson's first ten points, also shot well in the deciding minutes of the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quintet Beats Northeastern 65-54, After 3 Road Losses | 1/4/1951 | See Source »

...next year, with four associates, an $8,700 investment, and five employees, he set up the Aerojet Engineering Corp. of Azusa, Calif. Its product: Jato units, 10-in. thick, 3-ft. long rockets to give big planes an extra push to get them off short runways or aircraft carriers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Whoosh! | 1/1/1951 | See Source »

With the recent turn of events in Korea, I can't help recalling the warning of Reader A. L. Peake, written in the days of the Pusan perimeter and appearing in a letter to TIME, Sept. 25. He stated: "... The Reds . . . might not want to push us off the map yet; if they wait a few more weeks, we will have brought to Korea the biggest part of our front-line fighting force . . . Then, a real all-out offensive . . . could actually wipe out a major part of our trained and equipped ground forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 25, 1950 | 12/25/1950 | See Source »

Froest Hansen and Jim Gabler played outstanding games for the Crimson. Sophomore Hansen's ball-stealing and scrambling broke up many B. C. plays, while Gabler's one-handed push shots were very offective...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B. C. Defeats Quintet, 76-48 | 12/20/1950 | See Source »

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