Word: pulls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Republican Party on the Jan. 15 cover. Not only are they fighting against the obvious 2-1 Democratic majority in Congress, but also against a hidden third force in the split within their own ranks. Could another elephant out of the painting be helping the two donkeys pull down the poor elephant...
Both grimacers are converts to the latest twist in isometric exercises, which hitherto-and short of the jowls-have been used increasingly in the past decade as a means of strengthening muscles by making them push, pull and strain. Now a Manhattan nurse named Clara E. Patterson is out with a book showing how the same type of exercise, performed five minutes daily, may replace "the usual 'face-lifting' job" in slimming chins and smoothing wrinkles...
Instead of moving back, it surged forward, and only the supreme efforts of two professors (Minsky of the Economics Dept. and Wildavsky of the Political Science Dept.), who struggled through the crowd and on their own managed to convince the officer in charge to pull his men back out of sight--because their appearance was inflaming the crowd--staved off an assault on the building...
...trickery to win. "I had me a little dog who didn't like passing on the outside," recalls Trainer Oscar Duke. "Just as plain as anything, he'd sneak up on the dog ahead of him and throw his haunches into him. The other dog would pull out for a second, and mine would zip right through the hole...
...bidders are trying to pull down the price by pointing out that part of Niarchos' fleet is under long-term charter contracts that pay off in British sterling-and that devaluation would thus cost them dearly. But the deal hinges primarily on the inspection of the fleet. If the vessels are shipshape, a deal that would make the Lee White group the world's biggest independent shipping operator should be closed in 60 to 90 days...