Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spirit of Hindemith hovered over, giving an air of tenseness that was out of key with this more gentle work. The orchestra, which is usually excellent in accompaniment, was strangely insensitive and much too loud. Miss Lunn, although technically in full command of her difficult part, had to push her voice, and still was often inaudible, especially in the cadences. The entire performance of this work bordered on the hysterical...
...Sicily has hope and enterprise for the first time in. centuries. "It doesn't require miracles," says La Cavera. "All it takes is will and work, intelligence and initiative. In ten years, we'll catch up with the rest of Italy and then we'll push ahead...
...forthcoming sale of Greensboro's public swimming pools," editorialized the Greensboro Daily News sadly, "symbolizes the plight of a tormented region. The torment stems from hates and fears tragically stirred by unfortunate but inevitable high court decisions. It becomes inflammatory when forces which would push too fast clash with forces unwilling to move...
...BUDGET CUTTERS want to save "many millions" by making all Government bureaus and citizens pay the full cost of Government services that they now get free or at cut prices. Budget Bureau will push for boost in interest on U.S. loans, i.e., Rural Electrification Administration's 2%, wants to put a fee on everything from free Public Health Service tests of vaccines to free U.S. publications, maps, aerial photographs...
Home construction, which has been down all year, increased from a rate of 990,000 new homes annually to 1,000,000 annually last month. Builders expect easier credit to push the industry higher next year. Though plant expansion may drop as much as 7% in 1958, the new homes, coupled with big programs for new schools, highways, dams and bridges, are expected by F. W. Dodge Corp., the building industry's top experts, to nudge overall construction beyond $48 billion to another record next year. As for retail sales, store owners, who expected record Thanksgiving and Christmas business...