Word: pulled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fast start in this race was almost spoiled when the Eliot coxswain got his bearings mixed and swung onto the Kirkland eight; only Haines' yell and quick pull on the tiller ropes averted a nasty crash and the Elephants dropped back about a third of a length while this was going...
After the champagne came the meeting's muttons. Dictator Mussolini, Son-in- Law Ciano and Baron von Neurath discussed Spain. They agreed that Italian and German troops were failing to pull the Spanish chestnut out of the Radical fire, that Germany and Italy must get out before they themselves are burned. Baron von Neurath, representing the Junker (landed gentry) caste in Germany which has opposed Hitler's determination to go through with the Spanish adventure, was all for an early withdrawal. Mussolini disagreed, suggested that Italy and Germany should make no change until they see the outcome...
Miss Lane, in an exclusive conversation with the gentlemen of the Press, revealed that rhinoceri make "silly squeaks" when sculptresses are working near them. She also said that one of them, in the Bronz Zoo, attempted without success to pull her into the cage...
...girls as though they were not very different from men. Smith girls, who are inclined to be smart and well-balanced, respect President Neilson's wishes in such matters as not knitting or chewing gum in class. But when several Northampton residents once complained that his girls should pull their shades down at night before undressing, President Neilson observed that they should pull down their own instead. Once a particularly conspicuous wave of amatory misbehavior moved Smith's administration to call a compulsory chapel. President Neilson appeared, cocked his head to one side, and instead of delivering...
Coach Connibear never did sit in a rowing shell or pull an oar. Instead he set out to learn and teach rowing through contemplation, which he attended to at night while sitting on a nail keg in the boathouse...