Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even though the Crimson could not find the points that would push it ahead of Penn State, Coach Maura Costin remained upbeat in her analysis of the meet and of the season, which saw the squad claim its first-ever Ivy League title...
...both White, who boasted an outstanding 2.36 goals-against average coming into the Brown contest, and Saskatchewan native Brita Lind (14-15--29)--who had played only a version of hockey called "ringette," involving sticks without blades used to push a ring around the ice--before coming to Harvard, are freshmen. Both are legitimate contenders for Ivy League Rookie of the Year...
Johnston said she hopes to serve on the House Appropriations Committee if elected. She said she has extensive experience building coalitions which would help her to plan "which day, which hearing" to push through her policy ideas, and how to "give them the right kind of sunshine...
This will come as no surprise to longtime Reagan-haters, but it is worth noting in light of the increasing divergence between the Reagan Administration's continuing push for more defense spending and its increasing unwillingness to fight for the supposedly sacred values of democracy and freedom around the world...
...largely because an overly strong dollar made foreign goods cheap in the U.S. and American exports too expensive in other countries. But last September finance ministers and central bankers of the U.S. and four other industrial powers--Japan, France, Great Britain and West Germany--launched a successful effort to push down the dollar. It has declined by about 12% since then, first at a gradual pace and now at a fast clip. Last week the dollar plunged to 181 yen, a seven-year low against that currency, and to 2.34 West German marks, a level not seen since...