Word: pulling
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Harvard had opened a gap of a few feet by the half-mile mark, only to watch the South African crew pull even and then slightly ahead by the three-quarter mile pole. Harvard rallied late in the race, but couldn't catch the South Africans...
Geyser Dousers & Sign Reversers. Literary and artistic work is just a part of the swath of destruction left by carefree vacationers. They tear out bathroom fixtures and pull up flowering plants. They use blasting powder to collect specimens of Indian hieroglyphics. They feed chocolate-covered laxatives to bear cubs and dump detergent into geysers. Sometimes they block up geysers with rocks and logs. They reverse signs on trails-a form of humor that has led to at least one near fatality. In Gettysburg they love to push over monuments...
That brushing motion puts tremendous spin on the ball, generating air pockets below it that pull the ball down like a lead weight, no matter how hard it is hit. Thus Borg can swing away and know that it will drop within the base line. Equally important, he can hit the ball high over the net and still pin his opponent deep in the court. With classic, flat tennis strokes?the kind hit by such stars as Connors and McEnroe?the margin for error is reduced to an area some 6 in. over the net: hit the ball lower...
...solve the world's problems by secretly substituting American athletes for the hostages in Iran. Since the captives qualify for citizenship now, the athletes could compete in the Olympics and a small nation like Iran would win as many medals as the U.S.S.R. Humiliated, the Russians would pull out of Afghanistan believing that all Third World nations were just as strong," I stated, pausing only to shift my body so my ear lobes would turn out just right...
...resolution would have effectively recognized their right to a homeland. Before the summit, President Carter had warned the Europeans that the U.S. would veto any such measure. The President was concerned that an initiative of that sort could jeopardize the Camp David peace process and cause Israel to pull out of the stalled talks on Palestinian autonomy. For the same reasons, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat had also asked the Community to reconsider...