Word: shove
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...screaming protesters punched the air with close-first salutes, March organizer Laurie Fierstein pointed at the Pentagon and said. "You can't shove your program of war, racism and cutbacks down the throats of the people...
...hold a pose on point till intermission? Their places were taken by regular members of the company, and fewer than half the top box office names even performed. There were just four dances on the program and no encores. Until Twyla Tharp's roof-raising Push Comes to Shove, the audience seemed in shock. They were learning what the A.B.T. company discovered several months ago: when Mikhail Baryshnikov took over as artistic director, he wanted changes and he meant business...
...your oars and tie in. Shove off at seven exactly. A few short commands from the cox, and your arms, legs and hands snap into their accustomed roles, pulling the blade smoothly back and forth through the water on the paddle. The only sound is the slosh of the water, the knocking in the oarlock, and the creaking of slides on their tracks. You aren't winded yet, and allow your muscles to pull with exquisite control and power. You begin to heat up, and sweat forms cold spots on your back and under your arms...
Three minutes later, when Rick Benson knocked a Fusco pass out of the air for Gary Martin to shove home, the rambunctious Eli's abandoned hockey in favor of Roller Derby, with Dan Polizani--three trips to the box in the last two periods--playing Charlie O'Connell...
...post-Beanpot daze, looking more like a high school J.V. team than the Beanpot champs, but Maine wasn't exactly burning the bulbs out of the red lights either. The Black Bears forced the Crimson out of its wide-open skating style and into a push-and-shove match, which is more to the Maine team's liking...