Word: pulled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cause a traffic jam for McNichol and his spinners over the guards, and it did for about 15 minutes. The bunching of the Yale linemen had left their left end and left tackle in an untenable position. The weakness was soon spotted, and out came the order to pull an old play out of the mothballs. It was a play not intended for Yale game use, McNichol going inside his own right...
...Emergency Reconstruction Program, as endorsed by Secretary of State Marshall, calls for interim aid to pull France, Italy and Austria through the winter, and a long-term subsidization of the sixteen nations in western Europe. Spread over a periods of four years, the ERP intends to thwart Russian expansion through a rebirth of European industry and by fostering confidence in democratic forms of government. Although U. S. loans will provide the necessary funds, the actual burden of economic recovery rests with each individual nation. Those countries receiving American aid must insure their recovery by stringent budget supervision, a complete stabilization...
...tension unavoidably brought out personality. A somewhat thyroid spinster from Lahore passed around the manuscript of a sex novel she had been working on. One handlebar-mustached old colonel, who had spent 40 seasons in Kashmir, refused to leave. Said he: "Good God, no! I'll just pull my houseboat over another mile or so and forget the trouble." The Hindu pianist who played an Indian version of boogie woogie at the houseboat-cabaret Bluebird had a different solution. He bought a new, heavy, imported Scotch tweed suit with heavy overcoat and tweed cap. Asked if he were...
...struck in the face. The paper rattled in my hands. I snatched off my cap, threw it on the deck, and shouted something that I am ashamed to remember. Mick Carney rushed over and grabbed my arm: 'Stop it! What the hell's the matter with you? Pull yourself together...
Charles W. Caldwell Jr. has been coaching football at Princeton for only two years, but in that time he has managed to pull off two major Ivy League upsets...