Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chief forester for the Grand Duke of Baden, Karl von Drais had miles of woodland paths to patrol. To ease his task, he put together a weird contraption with two wheels, a saddle and a steering tiller, propelled himself by pushing off with his legs and coasting. When he rode it into town, the citizens of Karlsruhe hooted and chased him off the streets. One hundred and fifty years later, the plight of the bicyclist is still dire. "People in pickup trucks throw beer cans at us," says Washington, D.C., Cyclist Ray Matthews Jr. "Motorists keep trying to push...
...building program has reached the stage at which it is incumbent upon the University and the Committee to decide if they, intend to push forward to a mature program in the field of Latin American Studies. If so, a shifting of gears rather than a period of "idling" is necessary. The progress in the past five years has been confied to a strengthening of the various departments in the field. Harvard has passed the point where any appointment is bound to bring nods of approval simply because something is better than nothing. The next phase of the building program requires...
...combat troops, only two out of every three units can safely be committed in any single sweep-the reserve must be ready to strike in relief or as a blocking force. Moreover, as Birmingham demonstrated, thousands of Communist troops use "neutral" Cambodia as a convenient hideout whenever American troops push into the vicinity...
...Igor Bensen, 49, a Russian-born engineer. In the 1950s he set up Bensen Aircraft in Raleigh, N.C., to make and market sets of parts, which cost anywhere from $700 without engine to $2,600 for a complete kit that bolts together like an Erector set. To help push his product, Bensen founded the Popular Rotorcraft Association three years ago. Membership has already grown to 4,000 in all 50 states and 60 foreign countries, includes Thailand's king, currently assembling his own Bensen gyrocopter...
Strained Supply. The push overseas grew so strong at the end of March that it strained Europe's floating supply of dollars and several issues were scaled down or postponed. But by last week the rush had resumed. International Utilities, a U.S. holding company whose subsidiaries supply gas and electricity in Canada, brought out a $12 million issue. A subsidiary of Manhattan's Bankers' Trust Co., the eighth largest U.S. commercial bank, turned to the Eurodollar market for $20 million. Within the next few weeks, oil-producing Cities Service Co. expects to float a $20 million issue...