Word: shove
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They may not be the most talented team, butthey worked hard," John Weisbrod said. "When pushcomes to shove and when its tight, we've got torise to the occasion...
...idea that Taubman debased a saintly enterprise with the values of the shopping mall is not true. All he did was shove an already competitive business into the ruthless habitat of the '80s. It is not true either, as anyone knows who has followed the fortunes of the two houses, that Sotheby's is all hustle and Christie's all starch. In fact, it was Christie's that got into trouble with the law over falsifying an auction. In 1985 David Bathurst admitted that four years earlier, when he was president of Christie's New York branch, he had reported...
...than minor changes in their orthodox programs. And there seems to be a flip side to Gorbachev's repudiation of the Brezhnev Doctrine: it also means that Moscow will not intervene to force reform. Intriguingly, though, some Soviet officials are debating whether it might be wiser to give a shove to the recalcitrant leadership in Czechoslovakia, where popular pressure for change seems ripest...
...split between the two terms, but we usually have to shove forward students for a variety of reasons. It's not unusual for us to end up with a 700 and 900 split," said Marius...
...tirade continues. "You're in here for burglary," he shrieks at Parker. "You are stupid, you know that? I wish it had been my house. You'd be pushing daisies right now. You don't want to tick me off 'cause I'll snatch your head off and shove it down your throat...