Word: pulled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...second baseman Beth Marcus stroked a home run down the right field line in the top of the second, but the Crimson responded promptly in the bottom of the frame, to pull to a commanding 5-1 lead...
...then they returned to Cambridge--windy, slushy Cambridge, where muscles pull and tendons strain with the greatest of ease...
...negotiate with the bourgeoisie during the tense days of the Terceristas, he is sometimes considered more moderate than other members of the directorate. His moderation, however, is reportedly challenged by the hard-line Marxism of Interior Minister Tomas Borge Martinez. Still, says one Sandinista official, Ortega "doesn't pull any punches...
...interest that the Federal Reserve charges member banks for loans, from 7.5% to 7%. Volcker urged the board to postpone the cut because he was trying to persuade other industrial countries to drop their interest rates first. He feared that if American rates fell too fast, foreign investors would pull money out of the U.S. and send the dollar into a free fall...
...voting day approached, European and U.S. diplomats waited with apprehension, hoping Gonzalez could pull off a miracle. From a military standpoint, Spain's withdrawal would matter little, since even now the country is not part of NATO's unified military command structure. But NATO Secretary- General Lord Carrington warned that a referendum defeat would result in a "very grave weakening of the alliance...