Word: pulling
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...defeat their Ivy League rivals, both sides also know that they will have to rely on their training and improvements if they hope to pull out another double victory...
Even though they’re facing two of their toughest competitors this weekend, both the men’s and the women’s teams have high hopes that they can pull off the win and continue the success they have been seeing this year...
...Sakichi Toyoda developed another concept, jidoka, or "automation with a human touch." Think of it as built-in stress detection. At Toyota, that means work stops whenever and wherever a problem occurs. (Any employee can pull a cord to shut down the line if there is a problem.) That way, says Steven Spear of MIT, author of Chasing the Rabbit: How Market Leaders Outdistance the Competition and an expert in the dynamics of high-performance companies, "When I see something that's not perfect, I call it out, figure out what it is that I don't know and convert...
When Jeremy Lin connected from behind the arc with just under a minute to play to pull the Crimson within five, the bleachers were shaking. They didn’t stop trembling until Lin’s last-second three hit the front rim and fell short...
...object of love and affection to a broken-down piece of junk, my new MacBook has gone from a reluctant addition to my life to an essential part of my day. When I walk into my first lecture of the day, it takes me only a few seconds to pull my laptop out of my bag and simply flip it open, ready to go. For me, this is absolutely critical—10:07 am means not a minute sooner...