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Word: pulls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Realistically, Harvard still had a chance, but it was going to have to penetrate a six-man defensive aligument to score, pull its goalie, and somehow out a sixth shot past Barton in the final three minutes, just to send the game into overtime...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Late Eagle Rally Nips Skaters, 6-5 | 12/18/1969 | See Source »

...German generals blamed on treacherous politicians and civilian softness. Nor is Viet Nam likely to prove quite as bitter a military experience as the French abandonment of the Algerian war, in which some French officers even threatened to attack Paris in their rage against De Gaulle's pull-out orders. In fact, the U.S. military harbors a new, scarcely admitted optimism about the present battlefield situation in Viet Nam (see THE NATION). This, however, only makes more galling the thought of any outcome short of victory. General William Westmoreland, the commander of U.S. forces in Viet Nam during...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: THE ARMY AND VIET NAM: THE STAB-IN-THE-BACK COMPLEX | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

...many pounds-ten? 100?-Potter was going to touch him for, was dubbing every other shot. As it developed, all Potter requested was the loan of a razor blade, a gambit that ruined the remainder of his friend's game. "Relief," added the author, "creates a tendency to pull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Winning the Game of Life | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

...specials with Frank Sinatra Jr., Flip Wilson and Jimmy Durante. Coming up are four more guest shots, and an Arte Johnson special is on tape and ready to be run. NBC is also deep in discussion of an "Arte Johnson Show" for next season, which would not only pull Arte from the Laugh-In ranks but make him a guest star on any return visits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Laugh-In Dropouts | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

...jingoism of "love it or leave it," the sticker read "America-save it or screw it." I got out of my car to talk with the prankster and a crowd formed. One over-thirtyish girl said, "Look at his granny glasses" and her companion said, "I'd like to pull every hair on your chin...

Author: By Alfred LAWRENCE Toombs, | Title: YALE'S RUBBER CHICKEN | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

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