Word: pushing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Storrs, Conn, last week, the University of Connecticut buckled down to the job of trying to stop him. With two and sometimes three men guarding him, Tony did not rely solely on his trusty hook shot. He moved for the corners, tossed high-arching one-handed push shots, personally collected 32 points as Yale won, 71-55. As his last point of the game swished through the hoop on a free throw, a big cheer rocked the gym. Lavelli had made his 1,870th point as a Yale basketballer-just enough to tie the major college scoring mark...
...their 507-lb. sled. The driver was ruddy-cheeked Stan Benham, chief of the Lake Placid fire department, who turned to bobsledding four years ago because he found ski-jumping too tame. When Benham said, "All right, let's go boys," all four took their positions for the push-off. Once in motion, with feet planted in stirrups and hands clutching straps, they tucked down their heads like monks in meditation and the sled picked up speed...
...would be strange if his audience didn't. Marquand likes Charley Gray and he is vexed with the people and circumstances that push him around. He thinks Charley is in a rat race; he is frank enough to admit that he finds himself running...
...campaign bands, raffles, speeches, cigarette give-aways, and posters gave the Freshman Union a carnival air last night as candidates sought to push their name into the limelight before Tuesday's vote...
...chairs for the House floor. The old wooden seats, explained Capitol Physician George Calver, were so long from front to back that when a member sat back, circulation was cut off at his calves. When he sat forward to ease his legs, he tended to slump down, push his stomach up into his lungs, impairing his digestion and breathing. The new armless models would permit members to recline in healthy, upholstered comfort and, possibly, improve congressional dispositions...