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Word: pulls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...during the past two years enough fiery issues have erupted to pull students' heads out of their books. For these students, the student-faculty committees are no longer suitable forums for resolving issues of conflict...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Speaking for Students | 10/18/1978 | See Source »

...Jacinto Plaza of El Paso, Texas (pop. 381,500), in the dawn hours of most Mondays. Sedans cruise slowly around the square, their drivers eying clusters of young women. Every so often, one of the women is beckoned from the sidelines. Deals are struck and the cars pull away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Illegals | 10/16/1978 | See Source »

John, 17-10 in the regular season, won the second game of the National League playoffs in Philadelphia, pitching a 4-0 shutout in which there were 23 ground ball outs. He appears fully recovered from a leg muscle pull...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fall Classic in L.A. | 10/10/1978 | See Source »

Spock, Captain Kirk and McCoy are a distant second to the prospect of black holes [Sept. 4]. What a mind bender! But gee, after all, black holes have a lot of pull in high places...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 2, 1978 | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

Neither the size nor the complexity of the equipment deters the thieves. Alcorn Well Service Inc. of Victoria, Texas, reports $15,000 worth of gear stolen this year; latest loss: a $1,200 pair of 60-lb. elevators used to pull pipe. Says Alcorn Vice President Jimmy Hendrix: "Just about dang near every weekend somebody gets hit. They come in after dark, strip your rig, and we never recover anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Midnight Oil | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

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