Word: pushing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...time. This argument cannot be reasonably advanced now. Academic freedom was not so seriously endangered in the earlier period--for although the Russian revolution had scared a lot of people, there was little legislative pressure on universities. This time there are loyalty oaths, state investigations, and a concerted push against teachers whose personal views do not jibe with those of the investigators. Again, in 1920 the fledgling Russian nation was weak; now, the strength of the Soviet system and the tension current in international relations present us with a sustained crisis that may last at least a decade...
...price-fixing powers down the hatch. Unless the decision was reversed, there would soon be a wave of price-cutting all over the state. In July, 29 million gallons of aged whisky laid down right after VE-day would roll on to the market, ready to help the downward push...
Last week two very different groups of people did some concentrated worrying about conservation. Colorado rangers of the U. S. Forest Service fought a strong push by Western sheep ranchers to graze their flocks without restriction on public lands. The sheep-men were lobbying hard and effectively in Congress. All the same time in Washington, a group of soil experts, engineers, and other conservationists met in what they called the National Emergency Conference on Resources. No Congressmen bothered to show...
...decide whether to accept Soviet Russia's offer of coal or cut down their trees. They chose to give up the trees. At first it was only one tree to a block; before the Russians backed down last week hundreds had gone. But now tiny new seedlings are pushing their way up through the patches of earth where the old trees once stood. More than anything I have seen here, this is a symbol of Berlin's victory. Despite kidnapings, despite the Communist propaganda barrage, despite intimidation, Berlin's people have remained calm and unruffled...
...businessman had the push & pull to make big money in Argentina, it was Alberto Dodero. The youngest and brightest of five sons of an Italian immigrant in Uruguay, he built his father's tidy little shipping business into the biggest merchant fleet in South America, became a flashy free-spending tycoon who dazzled even the free-spending Argentines. Last week, at 62, in one of the most startling moves in a full-blown career, he abdicated as shipping king...