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Word: ramming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...wise chief keeps a supply stuffed in a hidden lenaka, the hollowed horn of an antelope or ram, to smear on himself or members of his family when good fortune is most needed. Among the 650,000 Basuto, he who holds the lenaka holds power. Everyone agrees that no one has had more powerful medicine than Mantsebo Amelia Seeiso, Basutoland's portly, domineering Paramount Chieftainess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BASUTOLAND: Horn of Trouble | 1/25/1960 | See Source »

...Each House is a natural forum for religious discussion," declared Rev. James Blanning. To relieve the Masters of an added burden, the students themselves might arrange invitations to speakers and seminar schedules, he said. "We want to work more closely within the University's framework without trying to ram anything down anybody's throat," Blanning stated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: United Ministry May Formulate Plan for Houses | 1/15/1960 | See Source »

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