Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...situation really gets ugly. Here come several hundred other Lan celotians marching behind loudspeaker trucks. In their own tongue-a kind of pidgin Spanish-they shout anti-American slogans. They hurl fistfuls of sand in the Marines' faces, threaten them, push them and form human barricades. They are then joined in their hostility by the natives who originally had welcomed the Marines. "Form wedges! Form wedges, goddammit!" cries a harassed Marine sergeant. Finally, the Marines disperse the mob and start pushing inland...
...state where deals, corruption and inefficiency have recurred with a monotonous regularity, the Department of Correction has been a refreshing oasis, presided over by a tough, scrappy, honest, and superbly competent commissioner. McGrath has continued to push the Correction Department into a position of national renown...
...southward push became so urgent over Washington's Birthday weekend that even Bermuda, where the season usually begins at Easter, was overbooked, despite chilly temperatures. The crowds overflowed from the more popular islands like Jamaica and Barbados outward to lesser-knowns: Martinique, St. Maarten, St. Lucia and Grenada are all filled to the gunwales. In Mexico, Acapulco is jammed and, in Puerto Vallarta, beach space is hard to come by. The big boom, which began before Christmas, reached its peak in mid-January and has stayed there ever since...
...Aussies got into the game much later than the U.S., but with characteristic push. They have been playing softball since World War II, and now have no fewer than 450 women's teams. Besides, beating an Australian at anything is a considerable chore. For five innings of the final game, Australia's Lorraine Woolley and the U.S.'s Donna Lo Piano toiled through a scoreless pitching duel. The Aussies had a bit of a scare in the fifth when a U.S. lass tripled, but tight defensive play left her stranded on third. Then in the sixth, Australia...
...fifth consecutive year." About the only word of caution came from Raymond J. Saulnier, who had been President Eisenhower's chief economist; pointing to a rapidly lengthening work week and "incipient inflation," he said that the economy shows signs of "overheating," and he warned, "Don't push your luck too far." To which Gardner Ackley, President Johnson's chief economist, replied: "We have our fingers crossed...