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Their achievement was in pushing back the frontiers of distance running with world records.

He would push back the frontiers of human knowledge.

I wanted to be a part of exploring the galaxy, pushing back the frontiers.

Others believe there are better ways of using their efforts to push back the frontiers of knowledge.

Under cover of his alleged ignorance, he would push back the frontiers of bioethics.

Backers of the projects generally see them as the key to the nation's future success in pushing back the frontiers of science.

Women from both sides of the Atlantic continued to push back the frontiers of travel throughout the twentieth century.

As for the second one your use of rhyme pushes back the frontiers of english literature.

Once hooked, he pushed back the frontiers and overran the accepted limits of whatever medium he adopted.

Pushing back the frontiers of ignorance is not the only concern; salaries, promotions, tenure and research grants are all linked to getting published.

And Man will go ahead, to greater triumphs, always pushing back the frontiers, always moving up and outward."

Large craft laden with extremely sensitive sensors and instruments, experts say, have a better chance of pushing back the frontiers of knowledge.

Says Dent: 'The plastics industry has a tradition of pushing back the frontiers of technology.

In his concurrence, Justice Douglas stated that to be patentable, an invention must push back the frontiers of science.

Much of his work was routine - sidewalk falls were a lucrative perennial - but he also loved to push back the frontiers of negligence.

By casting a skeptical eye on the conventional wisdom and by probing it with imaginative research, he has repeatedly pushed back the frontiers.

The scientists, though brilliant, are also portrayed as arrogant and intolerant, more interested in personal glory than in pushing back the frontiers of knowledge.

Whatever the role of teachers, it is not to push back the frontiers of knowledge, nor to determine a new direction in which a discipline can move.

I think we may have pushed back the frontiers of intelligence and language ability among the nonhuman primates until their intelligence became just indiscernible.

I mean, when the Foundation was Young, the Traders were the pioneers pushing back the frontiers and bringing civilization to the rest of the Galaxy.

THIS is the most advanced operating theatre in Europe, equipped with life-saving devices that are pushing back the frontiers of medical science.

'Not Janet and John Push Back the Frontiers of Management Accounting.'

Guests must not be allowed time to sit down, pause or draw breath, because life is all about pushing back the frontiers of world boredom, n'est-ce pas?

Pushing Back the Frontiers So he plunged into the underdeveloped territory of the biology of the body's hard tissues and has been involved with such studies ever since.

The men and women who push back the frontiers of knowledge in the physical sciences sometimes seem to be viewed by society as quiet, cloistered "techies" and "labbies."