Word: pulls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...constantly forced to view your wealth, education or success in the context of your socially-constructed blackness, substantial progress has yet to be made against racism and white supremacy. As Malcolm X put it, "You just can't stab a man in the back nine inches, pull the knife out three inches, and call that progress...
...sheer irrationality. While some successful gamers rely on complex schemes to improve their odds, real gamblers never try to count cards or read a strategy guide. I couldn't tell you the chances of drawing a straight flush, and that's why I like to wager that I'll pull one. Every card dealt promises unbounded opportunity. Every hand is like a fresh start on life. Of course the rush I feel in the casino might just be from the second-hand smoke, but I'd like to believe it lies in this dance with fate...
Sensing a possible Title IX angle, I get in touch with Lauralee Summer '98, a woman whose name is listed as a contact on the poster. Lauralee confirms that she and Danielle A. Hobeika '01 are in fact trying to pull together a club for women wrestlers. But right away she makes it clear that her commitment to wrestling is nothing if not earnest...
...ensuing possession, Beam brought the ball down the right wing, and found Scott sliding off a pick at the high post. Scott took the pass and hit a fadeaway jumper in traffic to pull Harvard ahead...
...shouldn't have lost both games," Smith said. "But hopefully this team will come together and pull out some victories down the stretch so we can make the playoffs...