Word: pushing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...spring and summer, Leningrad would probably be tightly sealed again. Moscow would be attacked, but could hold. The Germans would make their greatest push in the south, would drive the Russians back to the Don River. There the Russians would try to stand, then in the autumn begin a counteroffensive. By that time, if Britain has succeeded in holding Suez and the Middle East, the Germans would be short of oil, men and morale. Finally, in the winter of 1942-43, with the help of the Allies in the west, the great offensive against the Reich would begin...
...John Chase's proteges will be anxious to get a good tussle under their belt today at 3 o'clock at the schoolboys' rink. In their past two contests, the Chasemen have gone all out on the offense, often sacrificing a goal to the opposition in their attempts to push up the score...
Brown, of Williams, who pulled a surprise first place in the langlauf last weekend, will have a sizable task tomorrow if he expects to beat such stellar runners as Jay Dinsmore and Jake Nunemacher of Dartmouth; the Crimson's entries, including Del Ames and Finn Ferner, will make them push hard...
...defenders' withdrawal had been orderly. Now they hoped to slice up the Jap in terrain that was more to their liking. Meanwhile, 150 miles south on Burma's slender panhandle, the Jap had grabbed Tavoy. In that position he held a secondary block against any British push to the south, which at the moment was unlikely...
...engineering where famed Frederick Taylor and the Halsey systems left off. His engineers made their time & motion studies hiding behind pillars with stop watches. They frequently drew up recommendations without consulting even foremen, installed bonus systems which went 75% to the worker, 25% to supervisors as an incentive to push the men. Their standard "B unit," basis of pay, became hated by labor because it was increased as output rose, so that bonuses became harder & harder to earn while basic pay remained unchanged. Says Albert Ramond: ". . . We were far from blameless. We left the door open for abuses. When...