Word: pulls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hell didn't you tell me?" demanded McNamara, as subordinates of Wheeler and Sharp looked on bug-eyed. "Why, damn it, I could have had the 8,000 logistics men that we need here today-even if I had to go out and pull them in off the street...
...Seville, bull breeders in flat-brimmed hats still sip cognac in sidewalk cafés, and aging horses still pull ancient carriages along streets lined with orange trees toward the world's largest Gothic cathedral. But across the Guadalquivir, tens of thousands of spinning bobbins turn raw cotton and wool into finished fabric in one of Europe's largest textile plants. In the main square of Cordoba, an Arab caliphate for 250 years, a transcribed electric guitar chimes the hour in flamenco rhythm. In Bilbao, shipyards work round the clock to keep pace with orders for merchant vessels...
Spain's feelings for Latin America are no better illustrated than in the refusal of Franco, one of the world's most zealous antiCommunists, to break off relations with Cuba's Fidel Castro. "We have too many Spanish interests to protect to pull completely out of that tormented island," Franco remarked last year. "It is always embarrassing to" deal with Communists; yet we are obliged to maintain some connection with those in Cuba. By so doing, we have protected our citizens there and saved many a Cuban life...
...those who want to go right over the side, there are water skis and more than enough power to pull them. Even River Queen's houseboat is equipped with twin engines, which push the poky hull up to 30 m.p.h. Buehler Corp. exhibits its Bolero with water-jet propulsion that can make 44 m.p.h. Even closer to being airborne is Water Spyder Marine Ltd.'s first hydrofoil pleasure craft. Twelve feet overall and priced at $970, it can ride up onto its foils in seconds, tow a skier at close to 40 m.p.h...
...reported U.S. cases "associated" with the drugs, with 16 deaths, eleven among children. There have been relatively fewer such cases and no U.S. deaths ascribed to the short-acting sulfas, which have to be taken four, to six times a day. FDA "hawks," who favor drastic action, wanted to pull the long-acting sulfas off the market on the grounds that the short-acting drugs are equally effective and are safer. Congressional committee spokesmen and other Sadusk foes, who have been leaking confidential FDA documents to selected newsmen, accuse Sadusk of a) having dragged his feet for at least...