Word: pulled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most fiery orator, Vincente Lombardo Toledano, Secretary General of the Confederation of Mexican Workers have barked at Cedillo's heels for months. Their cries of "Fascist" influenced Cardenas in dropping the "Bull of Potosi," General Cedillo, from his Cabinet. Since then, President Cardenas has been trying gingerly to pull Cedillo's political teeth in his home bailiwick. To get the General safely out of Mexico, he offered him the choice of a foreign diplomatic post. "I have no interest in foreign affairs," retorted Cedillo. "I find conditions in Mexico much more interesting...
Life Begins in College (20th Century-Fox) discovers the lunatic Ritz Brothers joining the general rah-rah of autumn, digging the meaning elbow of their buffoonery into the ribs of the football fans. Self-styled apotheoses of the wacky, the Brothers pull on helmets and shoulder pads, copy the old one-minute-to-go formula in triplicate, climax the film by beating rival Midwestern for dear old Lombard when Harry Ritz throws a high pass, catches it himself, and runs for the winning touchdown...
...drama was approaching its climax. The crew, clinging to the rigging--which were giant, slim icicles, slowly were freezing to death or falling with cries into the water. After many hours the Nantucketers succeeded in shooting lines over the vessel, but the men on board were too frozen to pull the attached hawser. More dreary hours passed, while one after another of the shipwrecked men perished. The crowds on shore, eager but powerless to help, were moved by the grim fact that they stood within speaking distance of death...
George McGregor Harrison, president of the Railway Clerks, president of the all-powerful Railway Labor Executives Association, has been frequently mentioned as an eventual compromise A. F. of L. president who might pull the entire U. S. labor movement together once more. He is chairman of the standing A. F. of L. committee appointed to negotiate with C. I. O. whenever C. I. O. feels like negotiating...
...primaries, LaGuardia may easily win a majority. With a large following in union labor he may poll 200,000 or 300,000 Labor votes alone. But having polled only about 125,000 votes in both the primaries he will need a landslide among non-primary voters to pull him through to victory in November. Since fighting against long odds has always been Fiorello LaGuardia's favorite political sport, last week he looked forward to his prospects with satisfaction...