Word: shoved
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fresh leadership," putting an end to a tenure that was as extraordinarily rocky as it was brief. The Georgia native insistently echoed company statements that stepping down at age 52 was his idea. But veteran Coke watchers couldn't help speculating that there must have been a shove from disenchanted members of the company's board of directors. "This was a guy you would have had to carry out in a box," says Tom Pirko, president of Bevmark, a consultant to the industry. "The pressure for him to crack just had to be nuclear...
...managed to spend the holiday in synagogue as we are supposed to. Our parents, meanwhile, missed out on both synagogue prayers and gatherings with friends and relatives. Eight days later, fresh off the 26-hour fast of Yom Kippur, I, like every other Jewish first-year, had to shove down my break-the-fast meal and then rush off to a required Yard meeting that started a half-hour late anyway. Now, for the third time this year, Harvard is restricting how I celebrate a Jewish holiday...
...Marshmallow Fluff is a dorm-room favorite for sweet tooths and old boy scouts alike. Somehow, its creators have been able to capture the melted insides of patiently toasted marshmallows and shove them into a jar. Its taste resembles Cool Whip: Light and, of course, fluffy. And each container of sweet goo costs only 79 cents...
When Push Came to Shove...
Over the past week, many of Harvard's students have received fancy packets in the mail, bombarding them with the many resources Harvard College Library (HCL) has to offer. Haven't found the package in your box? No fear--University mail seems to be torn about whether to shove it in the mailbox or tag it a package slip, and the mail center's dilemma has led to a delay for some...