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Word: pulls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Galahad." Yet Hollywood portrayed him as a cruel, simple-minded bandit who poured honey on his prisoners for the delight of watching the ants devour them. His widow denied stories of his atrocities, said in his defense that "If he didn't like you, he'd just pull out his gun and shoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico: Pancho to the Pantheon | 11/25/1966 | See Source »

...charge on adjacent regions in storm clouds, Rossow proposes a novel experiment. Fine wire could be wound into a projectile and fired through tornado-spawning clouds. After the projectile leaves the cannon, a parachute-like plate attached to one end of the wire would pop open. It would pull on the wire, causing it to unravel from the speeding projectile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meteorology: A Short Circuit for Tornadoes | 11/25/1966 | See Source »

...assured Harvard of second place in the Ivy League, with an excellent 6-1 record. If Columbia, presently in third at 4-2, can pull the upset of the year against Brown today, the Crimson will tie for the title. It's a faint hope, but if you've a free minute today, say a little prayer for the Lions...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Booters Wallop Yale, 4-1; Hammond, Robertson Star | 11/19/1966 | See Source »

Brown, winless in the League, will be trying to pull Columbia and Penn in the cellar. It won't work, however...

Author: By Boisfeuillet JONES Jr., | Title: Harvard Will Share Ivy Title Only with Dartmouth | 11/19/1966 | See Source »

...baby-into a back room. One woman shouted, "There'll be 40 people here in a few minutes." Smith replied: "I'm sorry, but I didn't bring enough ammunition for them." He found to his dismay that the sandwich bags were too small to pull over a person's head, but he still had his knives and his pistol. So Smith ordered his victims to lie down in a circle like spokes in a wheel-their heads at the center, their feet on the perimeter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: Slaughter in the College of Beauty | 11/18/1966 | See Source »

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