Word: pullings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From, the preliminary elections fortnight ago members of the French Right learned that if they were to make any sort of a showing in last week's run-off elections, they must pull up their collective socks...
...beat yesterday and Roger Cutler, second string timer, took over the job. Cutler will swing the Varsity oar again today until Chaco's recovery, anticipated by the doctor on Wednesday, puts him back at stroke in the second boat. In the Jayvees yesterday Kernan went forward to pull the number two sweep and Roosevelt returned to his post...
...prohibited by law. New York City. Chicago, Wilmington and Washington forbid all forms of corporal punishment in their educational systems. Erring moppets in Minneapolis, Omaha. El Paso and Providence may be chastised only with parental consent. Teachers in Los Angeles and Portland, Ore. are not allowed to pull pupils' ears. In New Orleans they are expressly enjoined from "pulling hair, striking, knocking down and pinching." Nevertheless, in three widely separated quarters of the nation last week, three teachers who had failed to spare the rod to recalcitrant students were upheld by the law or their superiors...
...crew is not yet smooth. Yesterday the entire boat was jumping the stroke a fraction of a second. Even Chace's competence at stroke failed to prevent a certain amount of splashing and rushing in the informal race. Added to this is the fact that at the pull through, balance is disturbed, making recovery difficult, by the tendency of the shell as a whole to swing with the oar, leaning out of the vertical. If these faults can be eradicated before the race, Whiteside will have good crew, but not by any means to judge from present appearances, a remarkable...
...which he was raised and of which he feels himself an integral part, is superb. There is a certain gallantry in his self-willed squalor that remains as one of the abiding impressions of the play. His supporting cast is excellent, and as a team, they manage to pull the very best possible from the script. On the whole, the result is interesting and amusing, hardly sensational...