Word: thrustingly
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Glancing away from the torrid spectre of Howard Cosell's face and the microphone extension that had been thrust into his eyes, Sully saw Bill Lee reading from a book of Zen Buddhist riddles...
...leaned forward, elbows on the table, head thrust forward. "The attitude of labor is one that causes me the most concern. The relationship between even the most dedicated Democratic Presidents and organized labor leaders has always been a rather stormy one." At this point the presidential reasonableness rather than the new defiance began to show. Labor Chief George Meany had treated him brusquely at their last meeting, but Carter did not refer to it. Instead, the Administration plans to try to work around the imperious A.F.L.-C.I.O. leader. Said Carter: "We have gotten some good response from the leaders...
...soft talk came chiefly from Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who seemed to be making speeches and appearances everywhere as the Administration pointedly thrust him forward as President Carter's chief foreign policy spokesman. Lest there be any confusion, National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, the toughest talker of recent weeks, was keeping unusually quiet, turning down all requests for on-the-record interviews...
...capital. Quickly changing from a white dress to a black outfit that would meld into the shadows, she boarded in rapid succession a bus, a streetcar, a subway and a taxi. Satisfied that she was not being tailed, she walked to a bridge over the Moscow River and deftly thrust a stone into a chink in the wall...
...woman shut the door behind him and stood there. She heard the car driving off; she went to the coatrack beside the door and thrust her head in among the coats...