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Word: pushings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Midway through the second stanza, the Crimsonscored two straight goals to push the lead...

Author: By Christine Haggerty, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Lax Edges Columbia, 6-5 | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

With a minute to go the Crimson killed theclock playing catch. Harvard could have gone for afew last shots but decided not to push its luck...

Author: By Christine Haggerty, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Lax Edges Columbia, 6-5 | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

Ross' closing sentences stressed the necessity of a shared commitment between nations in the Middle East and the U.S. "[The U.S.] can't impose peace," he said. "We can make an effort, we can push, but we cannot impose peace...

Author: By Kyle D. Hawkins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Envoy Ross Speaks About Middle East Peace Process | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...have around. A little subtlety, a little of the raptor works wonders when no one has time to call 911, when the cell phone is out of service. More women ought to play now, lest they pay later. More men ought to play, lest they prove useless when push becomes shove, when the night needs repossessing. Assassin sheds only a glimmery moral light, but one that once fascinated Melville and other writers preoccupied with delineating character under stress, with decrying one part of the general business of life Samuel Johnson defined. JOHN R. STILGOE is Orchard Professor in the History...

Author: By Professor JOHN R. stilgoe, | Title: IN THE MEANTIME | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...have around. A little subtlety, a little of the raptor works wonders when no one has time to call 911, when the cell phone is out of service. More women ought to play now, lest they pay later. More men ought to play, lest they prove useless when push becomes shove, when the night needs repossessing. Assassin sheds only a glimmery moral light, but one that once fascinated Melville and other writers preoccupied with delineating character under stress, with decrying one part of the general business of life Samuel Johnson defined...

Author: By Professor JOHN R. stilgoe, | Title: Why Not Assassin? | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

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