Word: pulling
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Tired Troops. Before the enemy stood the tired Chinese armies of round-faced, explosive General Hsueh Yueh. Once some of China's finest, these troops had been run through the meat grinder at Changteh last November; had still not recovered. They had had to pull out of Changsha after a stubborn, hopeless defense, to escape annihilation. This week the armies, beat out, short of food, retreated painfully on foot. Where they could stand and fight, no one seemed to know...
...pressurized cabin which in turn was within a low-pressure chamber. A hole was punctured in the cabin, the air whooshed from the major's lungs. He was not seriously affected. Apparently close to collapse, he was still able to put on an oxygen mask and pull himself together...
...themes and the programs. No corn; well maybe a little, wistful melancholy, all very civilized, all very Chekhovian, "This is the way the world ends. . ." He'd have another drink or two, a few reminiscences, but under control, and then out into the hot sunlight, pack his books and pull...
...drunk for the first time in his life. And that had brought back the Stadium, and the team and the "Fight" cheer. He saw the Charles late in the afternoon, and the last crew shooting under Anderson bridge, heading for Newell. The warm, sentimental flood was getting stronger, pulling him along. He took a pull at his drink, lit a cigarette and let himself...
Abruptly, the British brigadier withdrew his striking force. He telephoned the U.S. commander on his right, asked him please to clear a road which had been assigned to U.S. troops. The American obliged. The British armor charged down the road, flanked Tilly. The Germans, stymied, had to pull...