Word: thrust
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...there, in the coal-and iron-laden valleys of South Manchuria, the Chinese Nationalists almost literally had their backs to the Wall. They were not yielding lightly, but Chiang's troops were bending backwards under the weight of the sixth major thrust by the Chinese Communists since...
...subjected to what the doctors call 'explosive decompression' . . . the gas and air in your lungs and belly and muscles must escape and expand. They go out of you in a great whoosh; your lips flutter . . . and your body feels as if it were 'getting a great thrust from all directions...
...Rivera's paunchy figure carpenters and electricians bent noisily to the presidential will. But Rivera's own share of the work, he at last decided, was done. An assistant handed him a round brush wet with yellow paint, and Rivera quickly added a few touches. Then he thrust his soft little hands into the pockets of his dungaree jacket and walked away. He was bone-tired but content. At 61, when everyone had said he was slipping, he had felt himself at a new peak of his powers. It had meant sometimes painting for 36 hours...
...home this Congress has thrust upwards rents, profits, and prices. It has lowered the value of pensions, war bonds, and savings. It has threatened the earnings of labor and the family farmer. Its record is one of disservice to the preservation of our democratic capitalism and the promises which that system holds for all our people. Democratic capitalism lives by abundance. It needs sound planning and legislation to avoid recurring depression. It cannot stand still. The dynamic ingredients of democratic capitalism demand that we either move ahead or retreat. The record of the present Congress is a record of retreat...
Reactions ranging from favorable to barely Jukewarm have thus far greeted Housemasters' offers that occupants of 20 of their "least inconvenienced suites," invite one additional man into their rooms before the extra lodger is thrust upon them...