Word: pulled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pight from the gun, the contest was a battle for second place, as the Wellesley and Tufts beats could only watch the Black and White pull away...
...physically little different from Saigon in 1975, just as Hanoi is much as the French left it in 1954. Both cities are full of pastel stucco and the decaying architectural flourishes of colonial temps perdu. In Hanoi, which shows surprisingly few signs of the U.S. bombing, water buffalo pull carts down boulevards lined with tamarind trees. There are few automobiles; as elsewhere in Asia, the bicycle is ubiquitous...
...support them, will be able to confront Nakasone with the dire prospect of U.S. retaliation if Japan fails to become a fairer trading partner. "A shotgun behind the door" was the way House Majority Leader Jim Wright of Texas described the Senate bill. Even if Reagan does not pull the trigger, he will surely have Nakasone's undivided attention...
...that if you go for a fellow, you don't just goose him. We hit a base in North Viet Nam with 25 PT boats." But by June 1964 he was cautious. "People urging stronger steps are not aware of the consequences. I don't feel that we should pull out and come home. As far as going north, we know there are 200 million in the Chinese army. If one little old general in shirt sleeves can take Saigon, think about 200 million Chinese comin' down those trails. No sir, I don't want to fight them...
Some people have tried to console me. "Oh, southern accents are cute," they say, or "they're distinguished." My accent is neither cute nor distinguished. It is more likely to be heard at a tractor pull than echoing through the oaken halls of Tara. It hinders me in almost every new venture...