Word: pulling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...took from them in 1940, the Finns, by the Russians' withdrawal, will now have virtually all their pre-1940 territory back again. Stalin evidently hoped that the Finns, anxious to retain the friendship of the U.S. and embarrassed by their alliance with Hitler, might now pile arms and pull out of the campaign...
...flattery and gratitude on too thick-they love it." After a year in Canada and the U. S. the children couldn't stand it any longer, authored a book entitled Thank You Twice (Harcourt, Brace; $1). This time they heeded the admonition of their publisher to "pull no punches," said precisely what they thought...
...days he ran about, trying to use pull to keep him out of Deputy Damonte's clutches. Then he drew all of his money from his bank and after a violent quarrel with Ambassador von Thermann, who wanted him to face the music, went into hiding. As soon as Investigator Damonte learned that Sandstede was on the run he ordered his arrest. Police were posted at his house and at the German Embassy. Pickets stood guard along the roads leading from Buenos Aires. A cordon was stretched around the airport...
...university go out of business, 2) take it over as a 100% State university, or 3) approve a plan proposed by a special committee whereby the State would appropriate $500,000, alumni would raise $250,000 and the university would be authorized to borrow $1,000,000 more to pull itself out of its hole...
...lashing his arms, clenching his fists. He lies mostly on his side with his head turned, one arm extended, the other flexed. He turns his head and eyes through an arc of 90° to look at rings and rattles, listen to a bell. When the doctor tries to pull him up, his head sags back...