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Word: pushing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nobody will blind us and confuse us with beautiful words about the necessity of waiving part of our national sovereignty . . . The control agency would be an American agency ... an international monopolistic super-trust. [The overeager Russian-English interpreter rendered this as "superduper crook."] Our chest is strong; you cannot push us down. Our neck is not a chicken's neck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Suverenitet! Suverenitet! | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...push for an all-alumni vote on the University's war memorial may hit a long series of snags...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Legal Obstacles May Slow Alumni Poll on Memorial | 10/8/1948 | See Source »

Distribution of Truman buttons and planning for "the home stretch push" head the business portion of the agenda, Burke added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: They'e True to Truman... | 10/7/1948 | See Source »

...been said that the Committee is fearful that a drive for an activities center would snarl the University's long-term push for a $90,000,000 general endowment fund. If this is so, the Committee should explain its misgivings to the Harvard community, which otherwise may well remain unconvinced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: War Memorial Report | 10/5/1948 | See Source »

...political turmoil that swept the Yard last year has passed its peak so far as the number of active groups is concerned, but as anyone who passed through the registration line yesterday must know college politicians are getting set for their biggest push in years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Local Politicians Set For Campaign | 9/28/1948 | See Source »

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