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Word: pushes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lift him. Then I started screaming and ringing the bell. The porter, he came. We lifted the Senator into the berth. I lifted his arms up and down. I patted his body all over. I opened his eyes. I blew in his mouth. Then some doctor come. He push me aside. I want to do anything to bring life to the Senator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Death of Walsh | 3/13/1933 | See Source »

...below second place till this year. This may make Piggy Lambert the ablest coach in the Midwest; if not, the ablest is probably Dr. Walter E. ("Doc") Meanwell of Wisconsin, a stocky, irascible theorist who never played basketball. He now directs practice from a tall perambulator which assistant managers push around the floor. His teams, more than usually adept at blocking and feint dribbling, play smart defensive basketball with one guard always well behind the middle of the floor to break up quick, unexpected advances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Basketball | 3/13/1933 | See Source »

...materials, cotton is more popular than ever, especially for year-round evening gowns. French dressmakers are making elaborate efforts to push a new lacquered satin, even shinier than the cire satin of last year, even more trying for all but the most statuesque figures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Higher Hats, Lower Waists | 2/27/1933 | See Source »

...Jones found that his audiences, from Mukden to Canton, listened "with breathless interest." Says Dr. Jones: "China today is in the moment of the Great Hesitation. She has decided not to be antiChristian, but she has not yet decided to be Christian. . . . The whole situation is awaiting a push-a gentle, loving, Christian push...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Ripest Field | 2/27/1933 | See Source »

...could not stand up against the terrific wind resistance. Their skis were 9 ft. long and heavy (45 lb.), with handholds in front of the foot-straps and canvas streamers behind to streamline the wind. One after another, squatting, a plumed ball of a man on long slivers would push off slowly, come over the lip of the mountain and cascade down the face at a speed terrifying to behold. Partway down was an unnoticed little rise in the snow. When they hit that, the skiers were shot through the air for 50 ft. Of the 16 contestants, Gasperl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: 100 m.p.h. on Skis | 2/27/1933 | See Source »

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