Word: pulling
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...University could make a little extra dough flashing slides along the Science Center corridors or projecting them against Memorial Hall at night. Why not have blue books sponsored, the way book covers were in high school? Desk surfaces could also be a justified sell, since so many different people pull them up in the course of the day. Of course, the door-dropping already gets advertisers' messages to our door, by means of this newspaper and other campus groups. Why not sell dorm room walls too? If we are going to be swamped by the ever-growing tide of advertising...
...Deal project created to tame the Tennessee River and pull its impoverished valley out of the Depression, the TVA has far exceeded the dreams of its founders. The $6.7 billion-a-year enterprise is the nation's largest electric utility and continues to fuel economic growth in Tennessee and surrounding states. But it also has doled out millions of dollars in consulting fees, salaries, rent for office space, and investment capital, much of it directed to supporters and advisers of the home-state politician who reached the vice presidency, Al Gore...
...made the U turn, and the officer blew his whistle. "Pull to the side!" he yelled...
Kolakowski's work, most of which involves crimes against children, can be tedious: he and two fellow deputies, also Gen Xers adept at navigating the Internet, often spend months probing chat rooms and websites. And even after the deputies pull off a successful sting and arrest, antiquated state laws can make it difficult to win a conviction. The situation frustrates Wayne County Sheriff Robert Ficano. "It's like being on the side of the freeway where everybody's speeding," he says. "You get some, but so many just blow right...
...novel, chapter by chapter, for Swenson's critique. Flummoxed by her talent and flattered by her praise, Swenson finds himself drawn to Angela in increasingly unprofessorial ways despite his seemingly sturdy marriage. Though he suspects she may be unstable--and a pathological liar to boot--Angela's pull leads Swenson to a bungled sexual encounter and what proves to be an ill-advised promise to show her work to his editor...