Word: pull
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crises are so numerous that they eventually lose their pull for readers. Jeremy feels inadequate in speech, in school and within his family. His only forte is sports--on the basketball court he feels confident and free. But even that endeavor is thwarted...
...another development yesterday, a state official said Exxon's decision to pull cleanup crews from an oil-stained beach caught authorities by surprise, but a spokesperson for the oil company defended the decision...
...contraceptives. Abortion is different, Fried replied, because it involves the purposeful termination of potential life. "We are not asking the court to unravel the fabric of . . . privacy rights which this court has woven," he said at the beginning of his presentation. "Rather, we are asking the court to pull this one thread...
That line provoked the sharpest rejoinder of the day, from attorney Frank Susman, who argued on behalf of the Missouri abortion clinic that is challenging the antiabortion law: "It has always been my personal experience that when I pull a thread, my sleeve falls off . . . It is not a thread he is after. It is the full range of procreational rights and choices...
Police reported that Linares had repeatedly implored hospital officials to "pull the plug" on the infant. Last December he unplugged the ventilator, but security officers quickly reconnected...