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Word: shoving (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pain Man, a figure who brought me much embarrassment and pain in my first-year. He stands in front of Au Bon Pain and hands flyers out to pedestrians, (not to be confused with Bank Man, who stands outside of Cambridge Savings Bank and attempts to shove flyers into people's noses...

Author: By Nancy RAINE Reyes, | Title: Changing With the Times | 10/17/1994 | See Source »

...like when you are at a dance and you decide to go. You start heading for the door, and all of the sudden they are trying to shove you out. And you say, "oh no you don't." Massachusetts Senate President William M. Bulger, on his future career plans

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEWSPEAK | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...batterer takes time to evolve. Often a nice guy at the start, he tests the waters with a slap here, a shove there. Every abusive incident that is accepted or ignored encourages him to continue. The trick is to stop the abuse when it is still in the slap-and-shove stage, even if it means ending a marriage and breaking up a home. Potential victims would do well to heed the words of my grandmother: "Hurt me once, shame on you. Hurt me twice, shame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Violence Hits Home | 7/25/1994 | See Source »

...channel hyperactivity into sports. In other cases, the symptoms still wreak havoc, says UCLA psychiatrist Walid Shekim. "Patients cannot settle on a career. They cannot keep a job. They procrastinate a lot. They are the kind of people who would tell their boss to take this job and shove it before they've found another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEHAVIOR: Attention Deficit Disorder: Life in Overdrive | 7/18/1994 | See Source »

From what Hajek's close friends say, she has managed to shove aside her serious side at times and leave some room for fun, both away from the boathouse as well as with the crew team...

Author: By Jonathan Samuels, | Title: Rower Seeks Disciplined Life | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

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