She worked with Martin Luther King Junior in the push for civil rights for blacks in the nineteen fifties and sixties.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

Historians say the yellow press was so powerful it helped push the United States into war with Spain in eighteen ninety-eight.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

In recent years there has been a strong push for local and state governments to ban public smoking.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

As we reported in our last program, slavery supporters failed to push through Congress a bill to make Kansas a slave state.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

Then push your closed hand in and up.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

People use a metal call box with a push-to-talk button to connect to a live operator, as Rose Shuman explains: "You just push a button, a big green button, and that will connect you directly to our operators who are sitting in front of computers, and speak your language.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

Secretary Clinton said the United States and South Africa will work more closely to push for reforms in Zimbabwe.

VOA: standard.2009.08.16

I think our parents should be the ones to push us more in our education and what not than the president."

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

Strauss-Kahn expressed worry that the global slowdown imperils poor people in developing countries,threatening to push millions back into poverty.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

which advocates the values of tolerance and equality, was designed,in part, to push public acceptance of these economic changes.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

He said Russia will none-the-less continue to push for domestic energy efficiency and cuts in carbon emissions.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

After that in cooperation with the U.N.Secretary General, the regional players should have to push for a real inclusive democratic transition in Burma."

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

More refugees being displaced were expected in the coming days, as the Pakistan military continues its offensive to push out the Taliban insurgents.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

In contrast, Japan is worried deflation and weak demand could push the economy back into recession.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21