Word: tug
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...decreasing speed; the outward flight of each galaxy is being slowed by the pull of gravity from the others. If that pull is strong enough, the galaxies will eventually be braked to a halt. Then they will begin falling back to crush together in a final cataclysm. If the tug of gravity is too weak, the universe will continue to expand forever...
Historic Vote. In his tug of war with the President, Jaworski held a strong advantage. The previous legal battle waged for similar documents by Cox had been victorious on two court levels-and likely would succeed again. Nor could Nixon afford to risk another public explosion by firing Jaworski, as he had Cox. The President apparently is gambling on the White House belief that the public, weary of Watergate, wants the affair swiftly resolved. Despite Nixon's State of the Union declaration that "one year of Watergate is enough," however, no quick resolution-short of resignation-is likely...
Once it was solely an occupation to for Eskimos and masochists. Hunkering down beside holes in icebound rivers and lakes, in temperatures that would give a seal the sniffles, the Izaak Waltons of midwinter would spend hours shivering and waiting for the tug on a line that told them a pike or a perch had been hooked...
...mime and dance. Ironically, the format runs into a Laingian knot or two. The words cannot satisfy the action, which in turn fails to satisfy the words. The reason is that Laing's knots are not truly Gordian but slip; what appears complex comes apart with a simple tug. This may even be the point, but it still leaves the actors-none of whom are Laurel or Hardy, or Gallagher & Shean-striving frantically to make the most of meager material. As a psychological Sesame Street, however, Knots has its moments. Marth Duffy, R.Z. Sheppard
Tides are caused largely by the gravitational tug of the moon, which daily forces great upward and downward movement in the oceans. The pull of the distant sun also influences the tides, and when the orbits of the moon around the earth and the earth around the sun bring all three bodies roughly into line, the tidal changes are much larger than usual. These "spring" tides (named for the verb rather than the season) occur twice a month: when the moon is full and when it is new. Spring tides themselves may be driven to further extremes when the elliptical...