Word: pulling
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...turn this local resource into electricity - by drilling holes into underground heat pockets and reservoirs to release pressurized steam that then runs turbines - moved into high gear. Today, if it's not raining or snowing (or both), views from Reykjavik's harbor are relatively clear. Icelanders hope steam can pull them through tough times again. "The Icelandic power industry will be one of the pillars to carry us out of this crisis," says Asgeir Margeirsson, CEO of Geysir Green Energy. As Thorunn Sveinbjarnardottir, Iceland's Environment Minister, puts it: "Icelanders think about this resource in almost biblical terms...
Will it strut or stumble? When U.S. forces began to pull out of Baghdad and into suburban bases in 2005, the vacuum was filled by al-Qaeda bombers and armed Shi'ite and Sunni militants, who fought a two-year civil war. Now, however, the main vectors of sectarian violence have been turned back, weakened or co-opted. Although there has been no meaningful political or social reconciliation between the sects, their representatives in parliament have learned to form expedient alliances, which will doubtless continue as the parties jockey for power in post-occupation Iraq...
DiSesa’s patience helped pull him over the top in a match that had rallies of 40 and 50 and points that lasted for minutes...
...last night against Dartmouth (4-1, 0-1 Ivy League) the Crimson had to fight tooth and nail to pull out a 5-4 win over the Big Green...
...just not as experienced,” Brand said. “Overall, in the depth chart, it’s a little light.”On the men’s side, two of the three meets produced tougher competition, but the team was able to pull out wins 15-12 over MIT, 20-7 over BC, and 16-11 over Brandeis.Last year it was the Judges that crushed all hopes for a title in the first edition of the Beanpot; this year MIT added to the already mounting pressure from the tough Brandeis squad, giving Harvard more...