Word: pulled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...student generation to which thumbs have more to do than pull out plums, six-foot, 20-year-old Stanley Fiese of Beloit (Wis.) was last week putting his 185 lb. of brain and brawn behind a helpful idea-Registered Collegiate Thumbers. A student at St. Ambrose College in Davenport (Iowa), he got the idea last May, thumbed his way around during the summer to enlist boys in several colleges...
...according to Dr. McCrady, the young opossums do exactly that: after the mother has moistened the hair on her abdomen, they slowly pull themselves by the claws on their forefeet up the incline into the soft, warm, apron-pocket pouch. The mother sits quietly on her haunches, takes no part in the affair. It is likely that many of the young, with little but instinct to guide them, miss the mother's pouch entirely. The number found there is al most always less than the number of embryos in the uterus shortly before birth...
...product advertised but also for the entertainment itself. When hard times bring cuts in advertising budgets, sponsors must think twice before they risk the popular vexation which might arise from taking from the public a favorite free show or a popular entertainer. Therefore, sponsors are slow to pull out of radio, quick to return...
According to mathematicians, the length of the day is determined by the speed of the earth's rotation on its axis. Slower speed means a longer day. According to astronomers, speed of the earth's rotation on its axis is affected by the moon. Reason: the moon pulls the tides, and a strong pull creates friction on the earth's surface, slows down its motion. This well-known fact, said Professor Brown, accounts for slight variations in the day's length, but the moon's influence is not powerful enough to cause such large changes...
...pull Hilda up again it took eight men from the Department of Parks, a derrick truck, block & tackle. Attendants said she had no bones broken but she refused to move her hind legs. A sling was rigged to hold up her body and give them a rest...