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Word: pulls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
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...

Author: By Carine M. Williams, | Title: Defining Progress | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Confessions of a Gambling Addict | 2/13/1998 | See Source »

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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Counting to Ten | 2/10/1998 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scott Steps Up | 2/10/1998 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Women's Hockey Drowns In Ocean State, Loses Two | 2/9/1998 | See Source »

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