Pushback?
Martin Kaminer
martin.kaminer at GMAIL.COM
Wed Apr 25 16:02:56 UTC 2012
Good point. I'm looking now on a number of ".mil" sites but seeing it
used only in the sense of "resistance to an idea, suggestion or
proposal" eg http://www.army.mil/search/?search=pushback
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Was "Pushback" used in any official dispatch? I only see it in the headline
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