The house had long been looked upon as something of a white elephant in the theatrical jungle; but Lumley, being pushful and knowledgeable, soon built up a valuable following and set the establishment on its legs.
Having discovered his niche, thepushful Smith soon had his fingers in several other pies.
With such a mother as Caterina, the natural daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, he was bound to acquire with her milk the instincts of a pushful personality.
Everyone perceived that the young Capo della Repubblica was in full possession of the solid grit of his pushful grandfather.
Only of late years has he been dubbed with the familiar nickname of "Pushful Joe," but he was always set down as a man of personal ambition, determined to make his way well on in the world.
Balfour is by nature a modest and retiring man; Chamberlain is always "Pushful Joe.
