Word: pulling
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...that a large arms cache had been found in the house the men had just left. Pantano ordered the Iraqis to comb their car for guns and explosives in case it was booby-trapped to blow. He had the men's handcuffs removed, and the two suspects started to pull off panels and seat covers...
...make both sides nervous. The British public is "more skeptical and hostile than they have ever been to Europe," according to Dominic Cummings, a former anti-euro campaigner who now runs the New Frontiers Foundation think tank. Yet given the right constellation of events, Cummings thinks Blair might just pull it off. If the opposition Conservatives, who bitterly oppose the constitution and expect to lead the no campaign, lose big in the May election and then become preoccupied with a nasty leadership battle, the public's frustration with them could spill over into the referendum. And what happens...
...emotional Harvard team delivered its best performance of the year Friday night at Lavietes Pavilion, beating Yale 82-66 to pull into a three-way tie for second place in the Ivy League...
...tried so hard, yet failed so miserably, to take thus far this season—an Ivy weekend sweep. The Crimson hasn’t won two Ivy games on back-to-back days since 2002, and since then Harvard is 0-4 when given an opportunity to pull off the sweep...
...standing between Penn and a fresh box of Ivy League Champion t-shirts and hats. The Lions are always tough in the cave/pit/fire-trap that is Levien Gym, but at this point the Quakers can feel it, and no amount of home court advantage will be enough for Columbia to pull out the victory...