Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rock the Vote" push to "Vote because it's cool" doesn't work either. Not only is it patronizing and superficial, it's just not true. The gang on "Friends" and the hipsters in music videos rarely hang out at polling places...
...were looking for a springboard to the Ivy League Tournament. We wanted it to be a low pressure situation where we could push ourselves and polish our game," Schafer said...
...Lader challenge the orthodoxies of conventional treatment. Typically, patients are placed in restraints, given high doses of sedatives and kept away from sharp objects. Instead, Conterio and Lader opt for tough love. They refuse to view or discuss scars with patients who enter their five-week program. They push injurers to take responsibility and control in counseling sessions, using an aggressive "Why would you do that?" approach worthy of Dr. Laura. It's a method they say has decreased serious recidivism 75%. "We help them earn back their self-respect," says Conterio. "There's a difference between caring for someone...
...sites allow you to apply for a loan online. But I think once you've done some homework, it's best to turn to a good mortgage broker. I like having someone to make sure I've considered all options, and who will use his relationship with lenders to push along the process. Your broker may be able to cut your costs and hassle time by getting your current lender to meet the best deal available elsewhere. He can be especially helpful if you are self-employed or have irregular sources of income and don't fit neatly into traditional...
...Opera with Cecilia Bartoli. The narrative, loosely based on a two-year period in the life of the world famous mezzo-soprano, provides a way for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hoelterhoff to expose all the craziness of the opera world. Her readable anecdotes of eccentric divas, push managers and overweight sopranos give a "behind-the-scenes" picture of opera that will delight everyone from the hard-core opera buffs who live for this kind of gossip, to the opera-newbies who may just want to know something more about the performers than what they can get from the programs...