The loss of agriculture also pushed more Appalachian people into the region's coal mines and other industrial jobs.
A loss to Syracuse next Sunday may push them over the brink.
And the losses have pushed some of the fans as well, with any number of them shouting, "Reeves must go!"
The loss of job-training programs conceivably could push a few more workers onto the welfare rolls.
The loss pushed the Lakers closer to missing the playoffs for the first time since 1976.
The 1988 loss pushes the company's negative net worth to $5.2 billion, from $2 billion at the end of 1987.
Thus far, some disaster officials say, total losses are pushing close to $10 billion.
Since then, a loss of confidence in the President has pushed the country close to hyperinflation.
The loss of the legal challenge in 2000 pushed the co-op to file for bankruptcy protection that year.
That loss pushed County back to the brink of the relegation zone, only staying out on goal difference.