Word: pushing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sold to a standstill in the six-week slide that lopped off more than a year's gains, the stockmarket steadied last week, then rebounded feebly. By now it was crystal clear that whatever gave the market the first push downhill it would not have slid so far on a false alarm. But the market's barometric value is limited. It seldom indicates how much it will rain, or how long...
Outplayed the greater part of the game, Eliot managed to push over a touchdown late in the second quarter to de-fur the Rabbits 7-0. "Slugger" White, spark-plug of the Elephant attack, went over for the score on a 30-yard slash off tackle...
Dave Simboli and John Johnson scored goals in the second period to give the Crimson a 2-1 lead. Staging a second half push the Textiles finished in front although Johnson scored again in the third quarter...
Despite the fact that time has tempered the surprise and disappointment occasioned during the summer months by Dr. Dennett's resignation, the full extent of Williams' loss is made apparent by thoughtful consideration. For three years Dr. Dennett drove himself as hard as any man could to push Williams toward the ideal he set as its goal. Dynamic, farsighted, and attentive to details, he met and solved problems of vital importance to the college. One has only to compare the position held by the college today with that of three years ago to realize the magnitude of the tasks...
...citizen but its No.1 victim of infantile paralysis. He is not only President of the U. S. but president of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. Warm Springs is close to the Roosevelt heart, but lately he has come to feel that poliomyelitis must be combated in a long & strong push on a national front...