1.   If the ion channel lets positive ions into the receiving neuron, the neuron is pushed toward firing.

2.   Although Tzeel began his career in private practice, economic pressures pushed him toward jobs at two different HMOs.

3.   And no one disputes that hundreds of thousands of American kids are being pushed toward adolescent criminality by neglect, abuse and just plain bad parenting.

4.   And Osuna will increase his exertion from a mound within the next couple of days as he pushes toward a probable minor-league rehabilitation assignment.

5.   Around noon, the peacekeepers appeared overwhelmed by the crowd, which pushed toward the compound and began hurling rocks and bricks at the house.

6.   As a result, environmentalists say, many wildlife species have been pushed toward extinction.

7.   As the Legislature pushed toward adjournment Monday, a controversy erupted over a last-minute bill to benefit the insurance industry.

8.   At his trial, he argued that the affair between his wife and Ms. Cornwell contributed to his mental instability and pushed him toward the crime.

9.   A band of showers and embedded thunderstorms will accompany a cold front pushing toward the coast of the Northeast.

10.   A large extension pushed out toward the backyard, there were a couple of reassuring vehicles parked out of view from the front.