Yes, technically, you can push on a handle, but our tendencies are to pull.

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Mr. Toyoda said the reorganization was undertaken to better enable the Japanese company to handle growth as it continues its push beyond a string of challenges, such as a massive recall at the start of his tenure.

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In barely ten months he has made dramatic changes, emphasizing flashier products and marketing, new Web sites to handle customer complaints and ideas and a bigger push to sell value-added services.

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Yet, to ensure the legitimacy of leadership, how our officials in Washington handle this issue is as important as whom they push.

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The onion got stuck in the tube, and she had to push on it with a wooden spoon handle to get it down.

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Structural reforms have lagged behind, but when push comes to shove, they have kept a handle on the public finances.

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The virtual workers don't get paid, don't eat up insurance, and, push comes to shove, we get too much work or them to handle, we just keep cloning the office.

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