Word: pulling
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...Senate's more subtle pro-choice campaign will be tricky to pull off because it won't mesh with the high-volume voices of outside groups opposed to the nomination. A national coalition including the country's two largest pro-choice groups, NARAL Pro-Choice America and Planned Parenthood, launched ads in Rhode Island, Maine and on national cable last week. NARAL has launched a grassroots campaign among 27 affiliates around the country timed for the Senate's Thanksgiving recess that will target members by requesting meetings, writing letters to editors and circulating petitions...
...include spots that sell for a higher rate per viewer than TV equivalents. And selling shows could diversify the revenue streams of a business that's almost wholly dependent on Madison Avenue--which, with more viewers using digital video recorders like TiVo to skip commercials, is already threatening to pull money from TV and put it into other media...
Down 21-10 entering the fourth quarter, sophomore Liam O’Hagan led the Crimson charge to equalize the score and eventually pull...
Crimson trailed 28-17 with 5:59 remaining in the first half after ASU’s Shantae Roberts completed a three-point play to cap off a 9-2 run. Rather than repeat Friday’s meltdown, the Crimson reeled off its own 11-3 run to pull within 30-28 before halftime...
...offers an intimate portrayal of a product that plays a likewise intimate role in our daily lives. But compelling non-fiction demands more than cold facts, and unfortunately, “The Google Story” is a repetitive panegyric that lacks the narrative drive necessary to pull readers onto the next page.Nevertheless, as a reference tool, the book is indispensable, and, regardless of style, provides truckloads of trivia, such as the genesis of the word “google.” To arrive at that household name, Brin and Page unintentionally misspelled the math term...