Word: pulling
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...Army memo, written in May, projects that the service will lack half the seasoned captains it needs next year. To help slow the dropout rate, the Army has offered a $20,000 re-enlistment bonus. Senior officers have been encouraged to pull younger ones aside and encourage them to stay. "There is a captain shortage," said an Army spokeswoman. "We're doing what we can. We have a lot of deployments...
...compared to the same time last year; visits to airline sites are down only 3% compared to last year at this time, explaining my "extremely full flight." Consumers' short-term economic outlook might be reflected in overall vacation plans. Examining the most common search phrases containing "vacation" indicate no pull-back in the scope of our getaway plans; the most popular vacation phrase: "Hawaii Vacation...
...turnout of voters seems to have pushed Ahern ahead in the home stretch. An exit poll by the state broadcaster, RTE, predicts 41.6% of the vote for Fianna Fail, which is probably enough to enable Ahern to form a new coalition. Power is certainly convinced Ahern will pull it off. Before counting began the bookmaker announced he was paying out to gamblers who wagered on Ahern remaining Taoiseach...
...Soldiers rushed in and forced the driver to stop and then made a cursory attempt to push the crowd back a safe distance. Slowly, the winch on the back of a recovery truck started hauling in the stricken vehicle. The cables groaned and creaked and the pins started to pull out of the earth, but after 20 minutes the truck lurched from the ditch and collapsed in a heap on the road...
...later from Iraq. This culminated in the past couple of weeks when three-quarters of House Democrats and three-fifths of Senate Democrats voted to begin cutting off funding for most combat operations in Iraq. All the Presidential candidates supported the plan, including the previously "we can't just pull out" Clinton and Joe Biden. So the candidates are together on Iraq policy moving forward, however much sniping there might be about previous votes and statements. This reduces the chances of that issue fundamentally changing the dynamics of the race. This isn't 1972, with George McGovern battling Scoop Jackson...