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Word: pulls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...back in March, Carlucci had to pull out all the stops just to get Powell to join the NSC as his deputy. In late 1986 Powell had taken command of the Army V Corps in Frankfurt, West Germany, after some five years in the Pentagon as an aide to Carlucci and then Weinberger. He was reluctant to quit his post after only six months. But Carlucci was determined to get his friend back to Washington. When President Reagan, at Carlucci's urging, personally phoned Powell to offer him the NSC job, the general had little choice but to obey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The General Takes Command | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

...James, vice president and creative director of ACN, recruited the seniors to help create the company's first television show. But it wasn't until 12 days before the scheduled airing of the show that the team finally met--leaving Pulier and Lindauer just eight days to pull the project together...

Author: By Abigail N. Sosland, | Title: Seniors Shoot Comedy Videos | 11/13/1987 | See Source »

Late in the Cross' game against Brown two weeks ago, the Crusaders went into a hurry-up offense. The team scored on the last play of the game to pull out a 41-0 victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Crossed Up | 11/10/1987 | See Source »

Jackson has proposed to convene a Camp-Davidlike summit of congressional and gubernatorialleaders to solve the deficit problem and said aU.S. pull-out from the Persian Gulf will alsoreduce the debt...

Author: By Elsa C. Arnett, | Title: Jackson Strategy: A Shift | 11/10/1987 | See Source »

...beatnik, a man more sane unconscious than awake, rapping an unmistakable acid/booze rap into the ear of the man who has the power to send 50,000 national guardsmen to drag us to jail in chains, dancing and singing some verbal Mandala, and reaching into his pocket to pull out what I can only hope is...dear God the fattest joint I've seen in 24 hours, pulling it out and waving its resinous perfume beneath the moonface's nose, which raises in haughty shock as his jaw drops in horror and I sense Ginsburg #2 has made a mistake...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: On the Road | 11/10/1987 | See Source »

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