Word: pushes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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However, Yale then made a push, with Charlie Petit (11 points) and Emerson Whitley (21 points, nine rebounds) both hitting three-pointers to help cut the Crimson lead to five points...
McCain-Feingold starts out this session as another long shot. But Feingold came away from the meeting upbeat: the President described fixing campaign finance as second only to balancing the budget. And McCain said Clinton promised to push for it "at every available forum," starting with his State of the Union address...
...Elmo? It is the cuteness, the big eyes that haunt me; sometimes you can't help but love the guy. Like the barrettes and the baby-doll dresses that have come and gone from the collegiate fashion scene, maybe Elmo is another form of nonconfrontational resistance to the push of competition and academic rigor. A stuffed animal on a college bed is the sign that more matters than classes, term papers and internships, but it doesn't send a clear picture of what exactly is more important. The Elmo craze has shown that even cuteness and harmless things can bring...
...Fish, even if the word ska was not a part of their vocabulary. Following the amazing music of the opening bands, however, was the disappointing monotony of Goldfinger. The band threw in a few twists that kept the crowd on its feet and a little quirky entertainment to push the music forward, but these attempts drowned in an otherwise sluggish set of tunes...
While perhaps less guilty -- though still technically breathing during the film and therefore also responsible for its quality -- Bullock has her own contributions to make. Well-trained in the appealing art of having things happen around her and perhaps offering a push now and then, Bullock tries to allow her inherent warmth to shine through and guide her way as she has before in many a standard Hollywood-movie movie before...