Word: pulls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Queen Mother Elizabeth. He then turned his attention to a wry 40-minute speech dealing in part with the foibles of Yankee politics. Said Rector Ustinov: "We may feel safer in the hands of Mr. Nixon whose smile, unlike that of Mr. Humphrey, seems to be formed by the pull of an invisible bit, as ambition tugs at the reins before the final hurdle. Or we may be influenced by the frailty of Governor Agnew, who has committed so many indiscretions in so short a span of time that his capacity for them must be ascribed to a gift rather...
Manhattan Socialite Chessie Rayner has gone in for what she calls "the push-pull type of dressing," gladly spends extra moments before the mirror making sure that the bits and pieces that she has combined for the particular occasion really go together. Designer Sant'Angelo goes Chessie one better by inviting girls over to his apartment for dressing-for-the-party parties. The girls swap clothes freely, creating costumes for each other and parading around like little children turned loose in a grownup's closet. Sometimes, the designer admits sheepishly, they get so carried away with dressing that...
...over benches and slogging up and down the steps of the Indoor Athletic Building in an unprecedented effort to get ready for the regular season practice. These daily unofficial workouts, with Captain Bob Kanuth supervising, have aimed at preparing the team for the physical and mental discipline necessary to pull Harvard out of its basketball doldrums. "The workouts have developed a spirit and enthusiasm," Kanuth says, "which we feel this new situation warrants...
That, of course, may be easier to say than do--especially in the light of past Crimson performances. Harrison plans to pull off the miracle by introducing a style of playing that's fun for the spectator and successful for the team...
What keeps the art market boiling is the knowledge that Renoir's Le Pont des Arts cost only $19,500 when its previous owner, Manhattan Collector Mrs. W. Clifford Klenk, bought it in 1941. The inevitable result has been to pull into the bull market a host of amateur speculators. To satisfy them, dealers are hustling out the "cats and dogs," in Wall Street parlance: stocks with a glamorous look but shaky prospects...