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  • 11press# — press n throng, crush, *crowd, mob, rout, horde Analogous words: *multitude, army, host, legion press vb Press, bear, bear down, squeeze, crowd, jam mean to exert pressure upon something or someone continuously or for a length of time. They are… …

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  • 12Against the Grain (radio program) — Against the Grain is a syndicated Pacifica Radio program of radical ideas and action. The show originates out of the studios of KPFA FM, the flagship station in the Pacifica Radio Network. Against the Grain focuses on in depth analysis and… …

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  • 13press — press1 [pres] vt. [ME pressen < MFr presser < L pressare, freq. of premere, to press < IE base * per , to strike > OSlav p rati, to strike] 1. to act on with steady force or weight; push steadily against; squeeze 2. to depress or… …

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  • 14Press laws — are the laws concerning the licensing of books and the liberty of expression in all products of the printing press, especially newspapers. The liberty of the press has always been regarded by political writers as of supreme importance. Give me… …

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  • 15press the button — To set in motion some momentous action, esp the launching of nuclear weapons against an enemy target • • • Main Entry: ↑button press the button 1. To put machinery into operation 2. To start things moving, esp in a momentous or irreversible way • …

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  • 16Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Peasants — The German Peasants War took place between 1524 and 1526, as a result of a tumultuous collection of grievances in many different spheres; political, economic, social, and theological. Martin Luther is often considered to be the foundation for the …

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  • 17PRESS — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction in australia and new zealand in belgium in canada in czechoslovakia in england yiddish press in france in germany and austria between the two world wars after world war ii… …

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  • 18press — press1 W2S2 [pres] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(news)¦ 2 get/be given a bad press 3 get/have a good press 4¦(printing)¦ 5¦(machine)¦ 6¦(push)¦ 7 go to press 8¦(crowd)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(NEWS)¦ …

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  • 19press — [[t]pre̱s[/t]] ♦ presses, pressing, pressed 1) VERB If you press something somewhere, you push it firmly against something else. [V n against n] He pressed his back against the door... [V n prep] They pressed the silver knife into the cake. 2) …

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  • 20press — 1 /pres/ noun 1 NEWS a) (U) also the press people who write reports for newspapers, radio, or television: the freedom of the press (also + plural verb BrE): In August the press are desperate for news. | press photographers b) (singular,… …

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