Word: pushing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...made for a charity gala at the Casino in Cannes. Strolling in late, Monsieur Adolph learned that 25 tickets for the charity raffle remained unsold, bought ail of them. Few hours later he learned he had won a building lot at a new Riviera resort now striving mightily to push itself. Lotteries, beauty contests, automobile raffles and all such on the Riviera are very often "fixed." Even smarter is the usual way of naming prizes. The prettiest girl or swankiest car gets the "Prize of Honor," No. 2 the "Grand Prize" and No. 3 the "First Prize"-thus making...
...Syosset, L. I., Robert Ruvinstein, 14, put on motor goggles and cap, stole an automobile. He had difficulty starting it, asked passersby for a push. He rode until tired, then slept. Apprehended, he explained that he had an aunt two years younger than himself who got all the attention in the family, that he wanted some excitement...
...University. The author says that only a few men come to Harvard for culture. "The great number are here because of the social obligation and because they'll get better Jobs," he declares. "If you want to be cultured you stay for an M.A. If you want to push it to absurdity, you stay for a Ph.D...
...flat 12% income tax, whereas individuals pay up to 25%. If Congress passes the bill, a likely thing, it will be the greatest boost organized charity has received for a long time. For, although Chairman Hawley of the House Ways & Means Committee introduced the resolution to Congress, the push to enactment really began with James Herbert Case, Board Chairman of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, president of the Association of Community Chests & Councils...
...With a few strong-footed friends he tramped through the Western Hills of Chihli Province to find an ancient Trappist monastery that he had heard of 23 years before on his first visit to China. They found the monastery, were welcomed by the monks, took pictures, then decided to push even further into the interior...