Word: pulling
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...Look, I can't sit in the third row of the bleachers and tell you exactly how we end this thing," he said. "And I'm not saying, Let's just pull 'em out, and who cares if the thing falls apart behind us. But the U.S. military wasn't built to be a police force, and we certainly shouldn't be the referees in a civil war. Iraq's neighbors are better positioned to handle that. We need to get the neighbors-including Syria and Iran-involved in stabilizing Iraq, but the Bush Administration has no interest in diplomacy...
SCREW CAPS AND GLASS STOPPERS Influential wine critic Robert M. Parker Jr. has predicted that by 2015 more wines will be opened with the twist of a wrist than the pull of a cork. Screw caps eliminate the oxidation and taint problems, are simple to open--no corkscrew required!--and reseal easily. After decades of being associated with cheap wine, they're finally overcoming their image problem. New Zealand already closes more than 80% of its wines with screw caps. The French even use them on a few prestigious Bordeaux and Burgundies...
...user- friendly caps. Cali fornia's Domaine Chandon puts crown caps on étoile, its top-of-the-line cuvée. Meanwhile, Sofia Blanc de Blancs, the sparkling wine that filmmaker turned winemaker Francis Coppola created for his daughter's wedding, now also comes in magenta Mini cans with pull-tab tops...
...from $50,000 to $3 million since the company was started in 1998. And it's not just candy. With the power of the Internet, other purveyors of childhood memories are resurrecting '50s-era toys and games, including wooden alphabet blocks with old-fashioned lettering and Fisher-Price Snoopy pull toys. They're also experiencing a surge in demand for best sellers from the 1940s like Slinkys, Nok Hockey and Uncle Wiggily. "The pendulum has swung back to these classic playthings," says Ken Moe, managing director of Back to Basics Toys, a company based in Herndon, Va., that specializes...
...league before the suspension of quarterback Liam O’Hagan and the dismissal of wide receiver Keegan Toci shook the offense up, and Dawson believes the squad can still play at that level.But this will take more than putting up another 1000-yard season: this time he must pull his team out of its slump. “We lost a lot of leadership last year,†Dawson said. “For us to be successful as an offense and a team, people are going to have to emerge as leaders. That’s what...