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Word: pushing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...barbaric business, no matter how sophisticated the technology or how noble the cause. But since the Gulf War, TV audiences have been conditioned to expect military conflict to be a "surgical" process, in which the bad guys are zapped off video screens at the push of a button. As in a game of Doom, the videos shown during NATO media briefings give no sense of the shattered bones and ripped flesh that follow when the bomb camera image turns to fuzz. And not surprisingly, the alliance prefers not to show any footage from the bombs that may have strayed from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Shadows of War | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...once at the door, he was asked to leave by the CPD officer stationed at the door of the bar. Then, Sims said, the officer grabbed him and attempted to push him out the door...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Leverett Senior Alleges Racism In Grille Arrest | 4/27/1999 | See Source »

...were happy with our performance, even if it was extremely frustrating to lose the second game of the day by such a small margin," Gunderson said. "It is extremely hard to maintain the intensity and push throughout two overtime games...

Author: By Amy E. Ooten, CRIMSON STAFF WARITER | Title: W. Water Polo Fourth at Easterns | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...were happy with our performance, even if it was extremely frustrating to lose the second game of the day by such a small margin," Gunderson said. "It is extremely hard to maintain the intensity and push throughout two overtime games...

Author: By Amy E. Ooten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Water Polo Takes Fourth at Easterns | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...figure, quite rightly, that he can't be elected President solely as Mr. Environment and Technology. So they plan to fill out the rest of Gore's portfolio. His still evolving stump speech emphasizes such proven vote getters as education and health care. The main environmental program he will push is "livability," a grab bag of measures to fight urban sprawl, preserve open space and battle traffic congestion that should appeal to important suburban swing voters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leadership: Is Al Gore a Hero Or a Traitor? | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

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