Word: pulling
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...also need to pull out all the stops to find new oil supplies. Actions like drilling in the controversial Arctic National Wildlife Reserve and exploring for more oil and natural gas on the outer continental shelf of North America suddenly take on a sense of urgency. They would not cure the problem but could buy time to offset shrinking supply...
...each of the diving events. In the three-meter, senior Luke Sanders came in second with a score of 281.50. In the one-meter, freshman Zac Ranta placed in second with a score of 280.05. In the beginning of the meet, it did not seem like the Crimson would pull off a win. Harvard was unfocused, and the Big Red capitalized on that weakness. “Cornell definitely had a spark in the first half of the meet,” Rathgeber said. “We responded by winning the key races that got us a victory...
...standing on his head,” co-captain Dave MacDonald said. The icing on the cake came on a circus play late in the third period. A holding penalty gave the Engineers a power play with just over two minutes left, affording them an opportunity to pull their goalie for a 6-on-4 advantage. But just eight seconds into the man advantage, junior defenseman Jack Christian took the puck and launched a 120-footer from his own blue line into an open net for his second empty-net goal of the season—and the team lead...
...Somali rebels, backed by Eritrea - also has the potential to ignite a larger regional war that engulfs the Horn of Africa. Last week, Ban Ki-Moon expressed serious concern about the military buildup along the Eritrea-Ethiopia border, while State Department spokesman Sean McCormack urged Eritrea and Ethiopia to pull back troops from key border areas and use "maximum restraint" to avert...
...This year the perennial ruckus over little girls' slutty Halloween costumes was still going strong even as the perennial ruckus over the War on Christmas began. It's as though we've supersized our holidays, so that they start sooner, last longer and cost more, until the calendar pages pull and tear, and we don't know which one we are meant to be celebrating...