"It's a classic case of pushing on a wet noodle," said Chris Walker, an economist at Credit Suisse First Boston in Tokyo.
Apple has lent the museum a hundred of the devices in what is either a brilliant promotional move or — given the Cooper-Hewitt's design-minded demographic — a case of pushing to the converted.
However, this will likely be less a case of pushing an unwanted app to devices in similar vein to U2's controversial Songs of Innocence iTunes giveaway, and more about incorporating whatever Beats Music becomes into the Music app that is already part of the iOS software.
But many of the ballyhooed changes that have occurred in fashion over the past decade or so -- and for which designers can charge more because they have to work harder on marketing -- amount to little more than a case of pushing peas around on the same plate.
Those positions have repeatedly resulted in upending attempted resolutions of the case, instead of pushing the two side towards a trial that neither wants.
Overwhelmed with bankruptcy cases and afraid of pushing down prices further by flooding the market with repossessed properties, the banks are letting penniless occupants stay put for more than two years on average in Florida, setting another national record.
Matthew Usher, UK student recruitment manager at Bournemouth University, says parents are often the first to speak at open days and there've been cases of parents pushing their kids on to courses.
Lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union, which accuses the United States of pushing the case through the emirati courts for lack of enough evidence to convict him at home, called the closing a "travesty of justice".
Lancaster told BBC Radio 5 live: "With Geoff, the original prognosis was not that good and although he will struggle for the Wales game, we've not ruled him out of pushing his case for the Italy game.
He cited the case of Mr. Goldstein, a schizophrenic accused of pushing Kendra Webdale, 32, in front of a subway train in 1999.
