Word: pushing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Second Push. The announcement of General Ritchie's appointment was timed to coincide with Britain's second offensive last week: from Tobruk westward. The offensive was comparatively successful. It swept 44 miles west of Tobruk this week, isolating German units at El Gazála. Axis pockets southeast of Tobruk were cleaned out by Australian and South African reserves brought up from the rear...
...someone were telling you exactly what you had to do. Maybe it was that you had to be utilitarian. In war you have to consider what would bring the greatest good to the greatest number of your people. "You damn fool," he said, and he gave the stick a push. "You silly ass," and the hull far below came into view just over the cowling...
Helpful. In Kansas City, a friendly motorist gave a push to a stalled car, pushed it in front of a freight train...
...Middle Eastern forces last spring. And a shortage of supply, rather than miscalculation, left General Wavell with few troops and little equipment in the Western Desert while his best men were in Greece. His gravest mistake was in not recognizing the preparations the Axis was making for a push. This may have been a matter of bad reconnaissance, bad staff work, or a dozen other things, including good German camouflage, but it could hardly be called an error of strategy...
Coach Chief Boston's Yardlings showed a marked improvement in play last Saturday, but it wasn't good enough to push back the still undefeated Brown Yearlings an the visitors romped to a 20 to 6 win on Soldiers Field...