Word: pushed
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...letter of grievance, field through theBoston law firm of Nutter, McClennen and Fish,states that Gault failed to meet the selectioncriteria set forth by the Bobsled Federation. Thecomplaint maintains that Gault failed to attend aone week push clinic last fall that was mandatoryfor all bobsledders and to compete in the minimumof two Olympic trial races...
...formal indictment may not topple Noreiga, but it will push him into a corner, said former U.S. Ambassador to Panama Ambler Moss yesterday. He compared Noriega to the Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos and Haiti's Jean-Claude Duvalier...
...situation where a professional athlete can participate in his sport all fall, waive the Olympic trials, push a sled a couple of times, and be selected merely on the coach's discretion alone is clearly not justified," La Vigne said...
...coach said that Gault was allowed toskip the Olympic trials in West Germany because ofan "agreement made [by the Bobsled Federation] toallow him to participate because his tremendousspeed is a major asset to the bobsled team." Theinitial push is "the real athletic event of therace," he added...
Part of a national attempt to mobilize student workers, these undergraduates and recent graduates are going all out to turn the tide for faltering candidates and help push campaigns of popular candidates down the long road to the summer conventions...