Word: pulling
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...that “you can identify with any aspect of her writing.” Allende said her reason for continuing to write is simple: “I need to make a living. I have to support a tribe. When I retire, I’ll pull teeth,” she said, referring to a scene in the book. She is currently working on an as-yet untitled historic novel set in the Caribbean during the early 1800s...
...bickering academics studying the events of 1809 and looking to make big discoveries while sifting through the manor’s paper refuse. The experiences and histories of these two stories slowly begin to dovetail into each other until the present seems able to reach back in time to pull out the relevant curios its scholars need. This strange connection is mysteriously literalized by Gus Coverly (Jason R. Vartikar-McCullough ’11), the gifted but socially handicapped resident of the modern household who is able to converse with its past inhabitants.Given such a complex assembly of characters, time...
...fourth, narrowing down a four-run margin to 4-3. The Crimson answered in the bottom half of the inning with another run knocked in by freshman Ellen Macadam on a triple down the right field line. Columbia did not score after the fourth. The Crimson continued to pull further ahead with a team effort that included Macadam contributing another three RBI.In the fifth, pinch hitters gave Harvard a 5-3 lead. Sophomore Jessica Pledger added an RBI single to right center and senior Danielle Kerper had a two-RBI double to center.“We?...
...different Crimson players found the back of the net. Senior Caroline Simmons, junior Sarah Bancroft, and freshman Jess Halpern each contributed two goals, while captain Natalie Curtis added the first tally on the day. The Crimson stayed neck-and-neck with the Quakers in the first, pulling ahead 5-4 on a Halpern score with 9:37 to go. But Penn’s offense began to break through when Quaker senior Chelsea Kocis tied the game at 5-5 with 8:15 left in the half, opening the floodgates as the first of four straight Penn goals to close...
...crew took to the water for the first time in competition, running five close races with defending NCAA champion Brown on the Seekonk River in Providence on Saturday. In the headline race, the first varsity eight, a malfunction deprived the race of official times, but the No. 11 Bears pulled across with a four-seat margin, ahead of the No. 13 Black and White. The first novice eight impressed in the first race of the day, holding off the rowers on home waters, seizing an early lead by as much as two seats before ultimately finishing a mere 0.6 seconds...