Word: pulling
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...acquired two years ago. On a recent afternoon he sits with his team in a conference room brainstorming new applications. Google Earth has to be seen to be appreciated: it seamlessly brings together images of the globe taken from above. You can zoom in to see your house or pull back for a broad view of the city or the country or the world. Google is trying to figure out how to make money from the free service, and for now it is throwing engineers at the problem. It's similar to Google's origins: first perfect the technology, then...
...life support. "There will be some pretty important people from both sides there," says a Western diplomat in Colombo. "And the hope is that if you get them together in a room, they'll move onto the big picture." But the Tigers have already threatened to pull out of the Geneva talks after suspected paramilitary death squads kidnapped eight Tiger social workers on Jan. 29. For its part, the government wants to amend the truce, which it claims gives the Tigers too much freedom of movement. On that point, the Tigers won't give an inch...
...ties become equivalent to political clout. Even with the exposure of the Abramoff scandal, Republicans "debate how they can project change while keeping things much the same." What an insult! Instead of endeavoring to serve the people, those "public servants" want to use lip service and cosmetic changes to pull the wool back over our eyes. There can be no excuses for their flagrant disrespect and misuse of public office. Jeremiah Duke Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania...
...Cusworth glanced to the nearby official in utter disbelief at the no-call, Koncz cruised down court and 12 seconds later, the infamous Harvard killer Scott Greenman buried a trifecta to pull the Tigers within one with 31 ticks left...
After guard Edwin Buffmire snaked through the lane for a layup to pull Princeton (6-12, 4-1) within four with 55 seconds to play, Harvard freshman point guard Drew Housman, facing withering full-court pressure, attempted to toss a long pass down court to Cusworth. The seven-footer reached high in the air, but a collision with two Princeton players knocked the ball into the hands of Tigers forward Kyle Koncz...