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Word: pushes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...three forward lines in this first test of his new material which has only had a few days' practice, against an aggregation which the Crimson sextet overwhelmed by a 7 to 2 score last year. Technology, although possessing a veteran trio of forwards, is not expected to push the Harvard team very hard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASH WITH M.I.T. USHERS IN HOCKEY SEASON TONIGHT | 12/9/1931 | See Source »

...Smith and since, the tendency of human nature has been to assume that the seller outsmarts the buyer. Nations try to outsmart each other by selling more than they buy. Each assumes that by erecting a tariff wall it will smartly reduce its own purchases (imports) while continuing to push its sales (exports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Empire Runcimanned | 11/30/1931 | See Source »

...have given so much thought to poetry under such adverse conditions. Their literature is directly the result of their history; their vigor for conquest turned to a tendency to recount their heroic deeds of the past when they found themselves isolated on a barren island and unable to push on further...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NORDAL LAUDS ICELAND IN FIRST NORTON TALK | 11/28/1931 | See Source »

...speech which most Democrats studied for platform pointers, Mr. Baruch gave Governor Ritchie his first important push toward the White House. Declared this wise old Democratic counselor: "We have in our midst the perpetual* Governor of Maryland to whom the finger of Fate seems to point as being perhaps destined to move to a neighboring District...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: Roosevelt v. Ritchie | 11/23/1931 | See Source »

...consequences of this step may be far-reaching. If the films succeed in Sociology, they may push forward into other fields...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEEING IS BELIEVING | 11/7/1931 | See Source »

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