Word: pulls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Soon afterward, Carter decided not to give the post to someone already in the field. He reasoned that only a non-educator could pull together the department's elements, which represent primary, secondary and higher education constituencies that for years have competed fiercely with each other for federal funds...
...Gold's Gym in Santa Monica, Calif., a man and a woman are straining against two weight machines, grimacing, muscles tightening with the rhythmic push and pull. He is Frank Zane, 37, also known as Mr. Olympia, the top titlist in professional body building. She is Christine Zane, 31, his wife, and she is not working out just because she believes families that strain together stay together. She too is a serious body builder...
King John addresses the disruptive effects of the tension between monarchy and the Catholic Church, and the pull of "Commodity" (convenience) against loyalty. Pearson aptly conveys this struggle and Isham provides striking and personable contrast. Unfortunately, unclear motivations in the supporting cast and unrevealing lines by Shakespeare leave a less entertaining second half...
Concerned more with Tufts' Saturday game against Bates than with this year's Yale-Harvard game. Gatto says that "although Yale is superior. Joe can pull things out of a hat and I'm looking for a surprise...
...past, White has won in selected neighborhoods, piling up votes in liberal and black sections of the city and staying close enough to his challenger in the rest of the city to pull out close victories...