Word: pulls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hizzoner, the Mayor, continued. ". . .and my ninth point, encourage neighborhood awareness. . .the disgraceful condition of. . .taxpayers' money. . .all cooperation. . .this historic moment. . . all pull together . . . and I conclude (crowd cheers). . .thank...
...heroes are three Navy aces (Gary Grant, Ray Walston, Larry Blyden) who hitch a ride back home for a four-day pass. "I came here to get drunk and chase girls." Grant announces grandly, but pretty soon an s.o.b. of a VIP (Leif Erickson) tries to pull him off the girls and push him on a stage-to make like a hero for war workers. The rest of the story describes how Grant gets even with the fellow by making time with his girl (Suzy Parker), and how in four days the three flyers get so sick of looking...
Nobody was reaching for the door. Instead, the British and the other allies seized the opportunity provided by the new U.S. recognition of interdependence to bind the U.S. more firmly to Europe and to pull themselves closer together. "The American people are no longer confident that even their great country can do everything for itself, without allies, to secure its own survival and still less to secure the survival of the ideals for which they stand," said Macmillan...
Derek's own enthusiasm was unflagging, but aging Gypsy was not so durable. Some weeks ago, realizing that his old mare could no longer "pull the big loads...
There was one big consolation among a few friendlier notices. To cover the show for his own column, Crosby commandeered his friend, Playwright George (The Seven Year Itch) Axelrod, who agreed in advance to pull no punches. Axelrod came through manfully. He liked Crosby's "gently, wryly perceptive style...