Word: pulling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Schine also said that he hopes to be able to pull off some stunts, possibly in collaboration with the Dramatic Club, which will remind people of the old days. The nature of these shenanigans he can not disclose, but he indicated that efforts would be made to leave the Yale Bowl intact...
...frightful thing can happen. The shock wave spoils the airflow over the wing, reducing its lift. The plane's nose drops. Faster & faster it dives. Louder screams the shock wave. The pilot struggles helplessly with the controls, but the tail surfaces do not respond normally. They cannot pull the nose up. Down to earth shoots the plane, with the screech of a siren...
Director William Dieterle has frankly set out to pull the customers' heart strings like so much taffy. This time his expert hand has slipped. His craftsmanship is submerged in an inept script. Even Claude Rains, generally a likable and competent actor, has script trouble. Referred to throughout the film as a wise and witty caricaturist, Mr. Rains's caricatures look worse than mediocre, and he has been given nothing either wise or witty...
Eight Bells & Books. Junior's plebe year ("suck up your gut and pull in your chin") was hard going. Low marks made him double up on some courses, and all but forget football. Sometimes too weary to open a book at night, he would hit the hay at 8, set his alarm for a chilly...
...Sometimes a step is harder to climb for one of us than for others. But we all have steps that are hard to pull...