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Word: shoving (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Push comes to shove if Harvard adopts andcommits to a weak policy," he said...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PSLM Members Rally Against Sweatshops | 2/17/1999 | See Source »

...tried to capture that feel with U.S. funk songs--James Brown and Mandrill. He had dancers who did their thing in the break--break dancers, or, as he called them, b-boys. As they danced, Herc rapped, "Rocking and jamming/ That's all we play/ When push comes to shove/ The Herculoids won't budge/ So rock on, my brother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hip-Hop Nation | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...will to fight. "I don't think there was a person in the White House who gave him a snowball's chance in hell, except Hillary," says a former official. "Neither one of them is a quitter. He's a sniveler and a whiner, but when push comes to shove, he's got a backbone of steel--exceeded only by hers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hillary Clinton: The Better Half | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

...crowd shuffled out into the chilly night air, this reviewer contemplated her first Symphony Hall excursion. Attending the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the first time can be an intimidating experience. Filled with haughty ladies in long fur coats, men who unabashedly shove past in the aisles, and other such unfriendly creatures, the audience can be less than welcoming...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BSO Gives Program to Schumann and Mahler | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

...spectacular visuals simply accentuate the problems in Meet Joe Black; instead of fleshed-out characters, instead of a compelling narrative, instead of subtlety, it offers us lush backgrounds and swelling music. Knowing full well that the movie can't elicit audience response on its own, Brest tries to shove romance down our throats...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Welcome to the Brad Pitt School of Acting | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

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