Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they have been doing it well since the committee was formed in October 1955. Its first public declaration was a virtual blueprint for Euratom. the joint Western European agency for the peaceful uses of atomic power. By applying pressure to strategic points, the committee also helped mightily to push the Common Market treaty through European parliaments. Last year it aired the possibility of a single European monetary system...
...sing well, though in a less operatic role, is Phillip Bosco as Bolingbroke. Bosco brings to the part intelligence, poise, and a visage full of character. He has a sonorous voice and knows how to use it, having played Shakespeare before (as Basehart has not). Only occasionally does he push his voice beyond its proper limit...
...scheme has the advantages of a built-in control. NATO's commander, an American, might be given the only power to push the button; or he might require the approval of the NATO Council or of the President of the U.S. But there is considerable doubt that the French would accept this plan; basically, they argue, it would change nothing...
...Hustler, may have done little to elevate the game's social position, but it demonstrated to millions its hypnotic appeal. A memorable photograph of Britain's Queen Mother neatly pulling off a southpaw shot did wonders in selling the game to women. But pool's biggest push has come from bowling...
...broader horizons, pursue export sales more energetically. A still small but significant factor of change is the Spanish women. More are going to universities than ever before. Man's traditional supremacy no longer goes unquestioned. Says a shrewd Spaniard: "When does a man work best? When he is pushed by women. In Spain, the women are beginning to push the men.'' Still Backward. Occasionally Franco contributes an article on economics to a Madrid journal, signing his pieces "Hispanicus," and he takes full credit for Spain's economic progress. Actually, much of the credit belongs to huge...