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Word: pulling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
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...tend to be lower-an electrical technician in San Jose, Calif., makes an average of $9.77 an hour; his non-union colleague in Colorado Springs makes $7.84-but there are many other compensations. As Albuquerque Mayor David Rusk told TIME Correspondent Michael Moritz: "Refugees from the East and California pull up stakes, take a cut in salary, and trade the loss in money for psychic income...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rocky Mountain High | 12/15/1980 | See Source »

Catholic took advantage of the free lanes down deep to make some easy layups and six-foot baseline jumpers. Sharp perimeter shooting by Mack--nine for 14 and 23 points overall--helped pull Catholic up by the 15-point halftime margin...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Cardinals Trip Crimson, 75-68 | 12/9/1980 | See Source »

What Crimson Coach Rick Duckett sees as his squad's defensive weakness let the Eagles mount several strong comebacks, only to have the cagers score a string of points and pull away again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JV Hoopsters Win | 12/9/1980 | See Source »

...CANNOT help feeling somewhat duped in the end-exploited, or at least toyed with by an expert. Perhaps the marionette strings pull us in directions we do not wish or deserve to go. The movie does not try to be a polemic, but it is so good it becomes one. "Nobody is independent," Isabelle's pimp yells, spanking her. "Not whores, not typists, not duchesses, not servants, not champion tennis players...

Author: By Shepard R. Barbash, | Title: An Unknowing Polemic | 12/6/1980 | See Source »

...There were times I thought I couldn't do it," she recalls. "A lot of it was body mechanics--a big man can pull up a ladder with his arms. While I had to use my whole upper body. I started out imitating their way and had no luck...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Firehouse's 1st Woman Feels at Ease | 12/2/1980 | See Source »

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