Word: pulls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...long jumper by Greene put St. Peter's up63-54 before Russell and Ryba reeled off the nextsix points of the game to pull Harvard withinthree with 6:00 minutes remaining. Two and a halfminutes later, a free throw by Sturdy pulled theCrimson to within...
...without fuss and in an unofficial zone below the purview of the law, to withhold further treatment, to cut off nourishment, to shut down the IV, even to administer a little more morphine (a gray area between omission and commission) than would be indicated ordinarily. In other words, to pull the plug, decently and quietly. Result: an easeful, dignified death, without paperwork...
...Moss. "Being an inner-city guy myself and having to fight for everything I've ever had, I felt that I understood him." Moss says he's already picked up one valuable lesson from his new boss: "Just stay humble and focus and concentrate on football." If Moss can pull that off, both he and Green may finally enjoy some redemption...
Probably it helped that unlike so many would-be power brokers, Rozelle did not look like a man who wished to wield power. Of course the gifts required to pull this off aren't the ones normally associated with empire building. They are to a large extent the gifts of a diplomat. Diplomat in this case is another word for a man with a talent for dealing with megalomaniacs. Each year that Rozelle presided over the NFL, another owner published his autobiography explaining how he was the visionary behind the rise of pro football. Each year Rozelle laughed...
...Cleon Fraze found himself with a can of beer and no can, opener-one of life's major annoyances at the time. The solution came to him "just like that" one sleepless night. In 1963, Fraze, the founder of Dayton Reliable Tool Co., obtained the patent for a removable pull-tab opener for the tops of cans. Continental Can Co. created a nonremovable tab 16 years later...