Word: pulling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...drop Jorge at the beach at Santa Maria del Mar and get back to moving down the coast. Minutes later we pull over for two girls, each carrying a cake, each about 20, giggling to themselves in the back seat. Sisters? No, just friends. They're on their way home, to the next town, Guanabo. We pass a photo shoot, by the water: a skeletal blond woman, a photographer, a band of Cuban men, grinning in matching shirts, all standing in front of a mid-'50s Chevy, powder blue. We all wonder who the model is. Anyone we know...
...pull up next to him. He is sweating profusely and grinning. We slip him $5--for many, we're told, that's almost a month's salary--because we are wealthy and glamorous Americans and we appreciate his help. So easy to change the quality, the very direction, of Cubans' lives! It seems possible that, between our ride sharing and tip giving, we can single-handedly redress whatever harm has been done. Oh, if only...
...pull out a single strand is a very difficult thing to do. It's a piece of the environment in which the negotiations are carried out," says Merry Touborg, director of communications for the office of human resources...
...second half Tinsley seemed to decide that this game was worth her time. She began driving into the Harvard zone, hitting pull-up jumpers or threading wrap-around assists to breaking teammates. The 5'6 senior guard started crashing the boards, undaunted by Harvard's towering frontcourt...
With only five minutes to play against Northeastern, it appeared that the Crimson had the win in the bag. Sporting a 5-3 lead supported by excellent offensive play, it seemed highly unlikely that the Huskies would pull ahead...