Word: pulling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...purring telephones and the endless shuffling of papers. One of them, lean, very tall (6 ft., 3½-in.), with a middle-parted mane of thick, snowy hair, cool, amused, shrewd eyes, was dressed conservatively and expensively, his crossed legs revealing old-fashioned high-lace shoes, with a boot pull at the back. The other, of medium height, fat, young, voluble, looked like an aggressive laundry bag; he was dressed as if various garments had been thrown on him as he hurried past...
...period of widespread hypocrisy, it is encouraging to find a man who will speak to the public as simply and straightforwardly as did President Conant in his most recent address. His case for intervention was stated again, with the meticulous care of a chemical analysis. He didn't pull any punches, any more than he has before. This time it would have been pointless anyhow, for people no longer tremble when a lion of courage urges immediate war. Did not President Roosevelt on the same day declare that the United States stands "ever ready to fight again" for democracy throughout...
...course when five tide-spun swimmers were spotted struggling in the water 1 ,000 yards away. As the cutter drew up, lines were thrown overboard. Then the strong arms of Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, Assistant Secretary Ralph Bard and Colonel William Joseph ("Wild Bill") Donovan helped pull the swimmers to safety...
...putting together a fifty-pound crew is entirely different from that faced by a heavyweight coach, who must only assemble the eight men who will pull his shell through the water fastest, and even that is no easy job. The eight oarsmen in the lightweight shell must total not more than 1,200 pounds so that weight as well as rowing ability is a very integral part of the makeup of the fifties...
Oarsmen and oarswomen will find an opportunity to discuss laybacks and pull thoughts at any number of dances which are scheduled to be held after the water events...