Word: thrustingly
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...been my occupation in my adult life. When I took my job 4½ years ago, I had the backing of top management, and even when times weren't good, we were doing the necessary development and investment spending. We operated out of a coordinated organizational thrust, and, very frankly, we just took the fear out of decision making and did what we thought was right. We planned what we were going to do. I think it is very important that we have a consistency in our management, a consistency in our attitude, a consistency in our programming...
...whole thrust of 'Side by Side' is to bring professionals to the campus." Alexandra said. She wanted to use Harvard students in the film because "there is not enough professional outlook for students here...
When to pause, lower one's voice; when to thrust out one's jaw in defiance...
Princeton coach Bill Farley is only too glad to thrust his troops into the role of underdogs. "I honestly don't think we can win," he said with a straight face yesterday as he watched his charges go through their final day of pre-meet preparation. "Harvard has the big guns, and better depth than they've shown (in the dual meets), but we're gonna swim like hell, and I think we can make them nervous...
Viet Nam's motives for twisting the dragon's tail are much less clear. Hanoi might have convinced itself that even a limited Chinese thrust into Viet Nam would bring swift retaliation by some of the Soviet forces arrayed along China's western and northern frontiers. But as for why such tail twisting should now be so popular in Hanoi, some Western observers can only speculate that it is a sign that a group of hard-lining expansionists, led by General Vo Nguyen Giap and Army Chief of Staff Van Tien Dung, are gaining supremacy...