Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lota." At week's start, the President called a three-hour White House meeting of scientific and military advisers. They brought him up to date on Sputnik, with particular attention to the spectacular and ominous rocket-thrust required to push so heavy a satellite into outer space...
...necessary to institute a push of the dimensions of the Manhattan Project, but some sort of combined administration for the missile-rocket development is needed. We may not look seriously on petty inter-service squabbles, but when they affect our attempts to conquer space, they must be controlled...
Nevertheless, he seemed quite certain that the liberal Democrats in the Senate would again push for an end to the filibuster rule, if not next year, then certainly in 1959. He also saw a strong possibility that an attempt would be made in the next session of Congress to pass another civil rights bill, one which would extend the present law to cover all phases of civil rights...
...without reading about them." In New Orleans a housewife phoned angrily that her new freezer was defrosting; the repairman found it was unplugged. In Maple Shade, NJ. an infuriated motorist called the service station to tow his stalled car away; the mechanic found that the owner had forgotten to push the "drive" button on his new pushbutton transmission. And in Chicago repairmen for General Electric have been trying for years to convince a lady that her refrigerator does not leak-the trouble...
Lena Horne, excellent in and by herself, does not act well enough to carry interest into the plot. She sings as well as ever, particularly in "Push The Button," a satirical comment on Manhattan (there's a little island on the Hudson. . .), "Ain't It The Truth," and "I Don't Think I'll End It All Today." She can ride one word onto several notes as perfectly as she can move her body provocatively. Unfortunately, she has trouble weaving in and out of a Jamaica accent, often waiting to lean into Caribbean pronunciation and rhythm until just before...