Word: pulled
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Greene to put on the best performance ever seen." So said Maurice Greene before the male version of the 100 m. While not quite equal to his wish, the world-record holder ran a dramatic race, coming from third to catch the leaders at 60 m and then to pull away. The world's fastest man, usually brazen, cried openly during the medal ceremony...
...special reports turned into an impromptu bar exam, a live speed-reading contest in which reporters jumped to conclusions, sometimes qualified and sometimes not. Most networks first seized on the majority opinion, which seemed to imply that Gore might pull off a new recount. Rather said flat-out, "What [the ruling] does not do is in effect deliver the presidency to George Bush...
...troubled. And if economic doldrums hit next year, ad revenues are likely to take a hit. "They've clearly made some promises that don't leave us any room for failure," says a top Time Warner executive. "In fact, the real question is, Are we just going to pull that $300 million to $400 million [the extra profit the company must generate to meet expectations...
...help kids build stronger connections with others, you can pull the plug on TVs and computers. Your family will thank you later. They will have more time for face-to-face relationships, and they will get more sleep...
RETIRING. THE OLDSMOBILE, 103, the first mass-produced American car and a longtime staple of upper-middle-class garages everywhere. After years of efforts at retooling the long-sputtering brand, General Motors announced it would pull the Olds off the road...