Word: pulling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...murder-mystery suspense, Native Son is no more simply a crime story than was Crime and Punishment. Bigger's murders only pull the trigger of Author Wright's bigger story-the murderous potentialities of the whole U. S. Negro problem...
...first half when Harvard tied the score. The Crimson rallied gamely in the second half and twice cut the Big Red's lead from seven to three points, but it was unable to keep Jim Bennett and Duke Ramsey, Cornell forwards, away from the basket for long enough to pull even again...
However, the Feslermen were able to overcome the handicap of playing in the immense Palestra in Philadelphia and they may still be able to pull another upset out of the fire...
...insufferably weak in the broad jump with Read Murphy as its only prospect. Manager Mel Chapin will pair with Woody Rich in the high jump and they promise to be the real dark horses on the Ell squad. If Rich's ankle regains its former strength he may pull a real surprise...
...Turkey seized the Krupp shipyards on the Golden Horn and dismissed 20 German technicians employed there outfitting two new Turkish submarines, together with 60 other Germans working at the Gremlik naval base, in an explosives factory at Kirikkale, and in the Zonguldak coal field. Other Germans made haste to pull up stakes, for now the handwriting on Turkey's wall was clear. Authoritative sources explained that the technicians' dismissal was necessitated by discovery of a sabotage plot. But one Turkish spokesman ominously said: "Spring is coming...