Word: pulling
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...That's Incredible!, which is considering if and when it should air its footage of Wells' jump, the stunt was just one of many heart stoppers that have helped the show pull almost a third of the viewing audience in its Monday night prime-time slot. It was also the third injury to have occurred in filming for the show. Another stunt man, attempting to jump in the air while two cars sped under him, nearly ripped off his foot when it caught in a windshield; he had to have reconstructive surgery and is still in serious condition...
...finds about a dozen lethargic cabbies along the curb of Mass Ave, he speeds across the Commons to the cabbie stand at the Sheraton Commander. But Arthur's strategy, he knows, is a game of chance. "Sometimes you can just kind of die at a stand. I could pull in there and have to wait and by then I might have had a fare at the Square. It's a gamble...
...North Cambridge, steering clear of the east part of the city. "One time I picked up these four kids in East Cambridge, which was a mistake. They wanted to go down to Boston near the Ritz, where a lot of gays hang, out. All of a sudden, they yell, 'Pull over, pull over.' I wasn't going to argue with four of them. So three of them get out and absolutely beat the hell out of these three gays--for no reason at all. And I was like an accomplice. I would have taken off, but one of them stayed...
...Harvard. Pausing at a stop-light, he takes the wad of bills from his tee-shirt pocket and begins to count. "That brings me up to almost $120. Jesus, some guys'll sit around at Harvard all night. They'll go up to North Cambridge, and they'll only pull in about $50. Like, I wouldn't go up to anyone tonight and tell him how much I've made, 'cause it would cause a stink. He'd ask me, 'Hey, who the hell's feeding...
Captain Martha Roberts overcame a bout of exhaustion to pull out a third set victory with her big serve and crisp net game at the fourth spot, and the tenacious, gritty play of Debbie Kalish turned the tide for a sixth flight final victory...