Word: pulling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Permanent magnets are magnetized by electrically coercing the molecules into alignment. The "pull" results because the north poles of the molecules all face in one direction, the south poles in the opposite direction...
...shows, which drag along "until exhausted," feature 16 girls, some of them "too late for Social Security," others introduced as "from the House of the Good Shepherd," Baltimore's home for delinquent females. For ensemble acts, the chorines, seated around the room, suddenly pull off their evening gowns and, with very little on, flounce into their routines. After each specialty act, the audience is warned that the next one will be worse. Two husky bruisers, "Machine Gun Butch" Gardina and "Little" Jack Horner, 6 ft. 6, preserve order...
...started two weeks ago when Shor, looking through the New York Times classified ads for a soft spot in case he didn't pull through his mid-years, stopped short at an item reading, "College for sale; beautiful campus; old tradition; coeducational; write to Box $03 for full particulars...
With 24 strokes per minute now being a real possibility indoors, the new machine more nearly duplicates outdoor conditions. The oarsmen "catch" faster and their "pull throughs" are speeded up tremendously...
...will be was far from apparent last week but nobody was ready to believe that Argentina will permanently do without U. S.-made chewing gum and man-sized motor cars. Best-informed opinion was that the restrictions would probably remain until Britain's sales to Argentina can pull far out in front of her competitors' or, more likely, until Argentina can wangle the U. S. into buying more of her products...