Word: crowbarred
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...commission to look into the real issues represents at least potentially the most constructive step. Like many a commission before it, this one too could of course turn into a way of hiding the real problems and blunting criticism. If anyone believes that it may be a crowbar with which to pry Harvard completely out of its connection with the government and the war, I am certani he is due for a disappointment. Nevertheless there exists a substantial middle range of worthwhile possibilities between these two extremes. In a sober, responsible, yet probing manner such a commission might make clear...
...were seldom the same. One pioneer received a letter from a girl saying that as he was her dream come true on paper, she wanted to meet him in the flesh. When he finally stood face to face with her, he recalls: "I didn't know whether to crowbar her into a cab, or put a saddle on her and ride her home." This fall the computer was reprogrammed to pair off ideals...
...currents were plain to anyone who looked at the top of the National League standings. Last week, with four clubs-the Dodgers, Giants, Milwaukee Braves and Cincinnati Reds-bunched so closely together (within 1½ games) that only a crowbar could pry them apart, the league was in the midst of the tightest pennant race in its history. Two other teams, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies, were also within striking distance of the leaders, and the tension was terrific-especially in San Francisco...
...demolition men. "We've got to negotiate with them," says Karp. "They're a rather cynical race, and the whole building would be destroyed if we didn't bargain with them." Months ago, Karp and friends showed up to protest, then recently to haggle as crowbar and sledge hammer sliced into Fifth Avenue's elegant Brokaw mansion, a late 19th century simulacrum of France's Chenonceaux chateau. Karp offered to buy two copper finials perched atop the roof, was told by the wreckers that removing them with care was too dangerous and would slow...
John Marshall Bullitt, Master of Quincy House, sped to pry the door open with his trusty crowbar. This method proved unsuccessful, however, and meanwhile two people fainted from lack...