Word: pulled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...secret that athletes do have a measured advantage at the Admissions office. Such an advantage, it goes without saying, applies less to players for teams that are not as successful--or more importantly perhaps--do not pull in big contributions from wealthy alumni. Thus, one can be put in the position of a star women's volleyball player, or a player of any unpopular sport, who can't get the admissions office to give her special consideration. But the "prizes" don't often get away, if the coach has enough clout. The continued success of the ice hockey and soccer...
...when you've been around for 19 years, you can sometimes reach into your bag of tricks and pull out a rabbit or two. And Friel did just that in the ECAC-North Atlantic Conference playoffs last year with a stunning upset over top-seeded Siena College...
...mournful country music that makes your blue eyes water. Call it the Sick-Dog Blues. Abbey, who must have written this on a banjo, not a typewriter, is feeling sorry for his hero and probably for himself too. What saves the book is that he is skilled enough to pull sympathetic readers into his own mood of regret, not just for long-gone youth and foolishness, but for small-town, big-sky Western life as it was before shopping malls and industrial parks ate the best...
...Steinbrenner threatens to pull the curtain down on Don Mattingly, one Yankee who does not want to run away and be traded...
Harvard held a 9-6 advantage before Princeton rallied to pull out a victory...