Word: pushing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Wake field (Atlantic-Little, Brown; $3), Miss de la Roche's eleventh novel of the Jalna series, was published in the U.S. The Literary Guild chose it as the Guild selection for February (for March in Canada) and expected Mary Wakefield to sell 500,000 copies. That would push the sales of Miss de la Roche's novels (now translated into a dozen languages) near the two-million mark...
...almost certain that another Taft bill would have little trouble in the present Congress. And it's almost as certain that future legislation could go farther than last year's proposal. It all depends on how hard the Administration and other Democratic big-wigs push. The budget provides room for 300 million dollars and one million for a survey of colleges to find out the "most practical means of providing additional opportunities for capable young people who could not otherwise afford a college or university education...
...speed equal to the satellite's forward speed on its orbit, they would stand still in space for an instant. Then they would fall vertically toward the earth. The whole satellite could be brought down on a target in either of these ways by giving it a powerful push from its nuclear rocket motor. But unless the operation were done with wondrous precision, the bomb could as well fall on Moscow, Idaho, as on Moscow, Russia...
...busy timetable system is known officially at Northport as the "Reintegrative Research Program." Dr. Verdel's shorter, better name for it is the "total push...
...wings and strode briskly to the podium, the sedate English audience in Manchester's green-walled Albert Hall jumped to its feet, cheering like a football crowd. As he bowed time & again, Conductor John Barbirolli's black mane fell over his eyes and he had to push it back. After five minutes of solid ovation, he turned, with tears on his cheeks, to lead Manchester's Hallé Orchestra through the night's concert...