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Word: pushing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Varsity goes against Dartmouth tonight in the Garden at 9:30 o'clock and thanks to Cousy, Kaftan, and Mullaney, the H.A.A. will pocket a quarter-share of the cash 13,000 patrons push under the box-office windows. Holy Cross meets Colgate in the crowd-drawing opener...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Five Seeks Indian Blood In Garden Tilt Tonight | 3/9/1948 | See Source »

Despite this mediocre display to date, the Eagles will not be push-overs in any sense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Battles Eagle Sextet in Arena Tonight; Hauptfuhrer Injured in 64-54 Loss to Quakers | 2/25/1948 | See Source »

...government, and perhaps the Fourth Republic, would fall. Already the Communist-controlled Federation of Labor (which claimed that the cost of living had risen 21.5% since Schuman granted general wage increases last Dec. 1) was demanding a new 20% general wage increase. The demand-which, if granted, would simply push prices still higher-gave Communists a popular rallying cry in a new onslaught against Schuman's government. Schuman last week grimly accepted the challenge: "I am ready for my greatest battle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Ready for Battle | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

...dogs, it seemed deserted—some peasants had joined the Andartes; some were sleeping in the fields for safety's sake. From one house, however, a light glimmered. A Greek captain knocked. A woman's voice called: "Is that you, comrade?" She opened the door sufficiently to push out two loaves of bread, slammed it shut again. The captain smiled weakly: "She thinks we are Andartes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Oxi Avrio-Tora! | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

Frederic D. Houghteling '50, HLU president, said his group would push for several measures, among them an ADA stand against UMT and a call to the United Nations to act against the Arabs in Palestine. Accompanying Houghteling as delegate of the college chapter will be Ray F. Contombugre...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ADA Rally in Philly Draws 750 Delegates | 2/21/1948 | See Source »

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