Word: pulling
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...arms around Paris because only stone and steel accept my love.” These moments keep you listening, like small wins at the craps table. You keep listening because you think you might just win, that Morrissey might all of sudden stiffen his beer-sodden body and pull himself together again into something of beauty. But that’s the problem, because that’s exactly the logic that keeps fooling the AC’s casino clientele and Morrissey himself. They think that, if only they wish, everything will be as it was in the 80?...
Coming off of that nail-biting match, the Crimson has been focusing on its mental sharpness. In the team’s final week of training, it is preparing to play outside of its comfort zone in order to pull off the exciting points and wins that will be critical to its success this weekend...
...received as if it had come from Obama himself, given the frequency with which the two men talk. Gibbs and Obama have developed what Pete Rouse, another top aide, calls a "back-and-forth, locker-room camaraderie" that includes occasional heated arguments with raised voices. "Robert will never pull his punches with the President," says Rouse. They tease each other frequently: asked by Jarrett to describe Gibbs' sense of humor for Time, Obama deadpanned, "Robert is very funny, but I can't remember any of his jokes...
...command ahead of or during 60th anniversary celebrations for the alliance on April 4 could, at first glance, be taken as a sign that change is in the air. President Nicolas Sarkozy's long-standing reintegration plan would reverse President Charles de Gaulle's decision 43 years ago to pull France from NATO's military and planning structure to protest what he felt was Anglo-American domination of the organization. Since de Gaulle, France has staked out independent and, at times, contrarian defense and diplomatic positions. (See pictures of France celebrating Bastille...
...play, and the seniors responded admirably.“That was obviously a crucial moment in the game,” tri-captain Kirsten Kester said. “They called that timeout, so we knew they were probably going to try to pull something tricky on us.”Kessler made three saves on that penalty kill, and Harvard caught a lucky break when a Wildcat goal was called back because the net had come out of position.The Crimson fed off the confidence gathered from the kill, and at 15:34 in the second, Harvard junior Kathryn Farni...