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1987–88 Wimbledon F.C. season

Liverpool created many chances, but failed to pull a goal back, with Dave Beasant saving a penalty from John Aldridge after Clive Goodyear was (incorrectly) adjudged to have fouled inside the box; Beasant was the first goalkeeper to ever save a penalty at Wembley.

1989 San Marino Grand Prix

The McLarens proceeded to pull away from the competition while behind them there was more drama as Stefano Modena put his Brabham into the wall rather violently, the Italian was unhurt.

2008 K2 disaster

"I can just about imagine how you might pull it off," writes Ed Viesturs in K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain.

2010 Hungaroring GP2 Series round

Luck was on Maldonado's side though, as he had the lapped car of Vladimir Arabadzhiev between he and Vietoris, and an awful restart from the Bulgarian allowed Maldonado to pull out more than 3.0s on the first lap back under greens.

Adam Carter

But after another panic attack, he is able to pull through, save fellow officer Ros Myers (Hermione Norris), and escape from the Thames Barrier before they both drown.

Adhesive

Another example is when someone tries to pull apart Oreo cookies and all the filling remains on one side; this is an adhesive failure, rather than a cohesive failure.

Albert Schaufelberger

Ms. Aguilera exited her office and observed what she believed to be a white Volkswagen microbus pull up and stop near Schaufelberger's car.

Arao, Kumamoto

Recent hopes to pull in tourists are in its two big amusement parks, Mitsui Greenland and Ultraman Land.

Automatic pistol

Semi-automatic pistol, a type of self-loading handgun that can be fired in semi-automatic mode, firing one cartridge for each pull of the trigger.

Bray Daly railway station

Between the 1984 inauguration of DART and November 1990, a diesel shuttle train (initially a 201 class or 121 class locomotive with former AEC railcars converted to push–pull stock, later an 80 class train leased from Northern Ireland Railways) operated between Bray and Greystones, connecting with DART services.

Bret Bergmark

Bret was scheduled to fight October 9, 2010 at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Noons II against Cung Le product James Terry, but had to pull out due to an injury sustained while training for the fight.

Children's Museum of Winston-Salem

Build It An exhibit which features foam Lincoln Logs, Magnetic tiles, Lego, and a build your own parachuter, which involves making a parachuter (by attaching a parachute to a wooden man) and using a pulley to pull it up and when it reaches the top it will fall off and float down.

Dodge Avenger

Another television spot likened the Avenger to the "superhero" vehicle for the everyman, depicting a driver piloting his Avenger through Gotham-like streets and alleys, speaking to the MyGig entertainment system in distinctly Batman-reminiscent tones, to arrive home, pull into a two-car garage and open the rear door to a sleeping child in the rear car-seat.

Dogmatic Infidel Comedown OK

It includes remixes by Combichrist, Pull Out Kings, Alec Empire, Vive la Fête, Black Light Odyssey, Omega Man, Aesthetic Perfection and Terrence Fixmer; covers by Miss Derringer, James Cook and Anne Marie Kirby (The Dollhouse), German band Index, and Larry Driscoll; and Chris Corner's own reworks under the alias of UNFALL.

Double head

Double-heading, the practice of using two locomotives to pull a train.

Durrty Goodz

In 2011 Durrty Goodz featured on an all-star Grime single titled "Pull Up 2011" alongside producer Dexplicit and other artists such as Big H, Big Narstie, Dot Rotten, Black the Ripper & Shizzle.

Glendale, Queens

Some of these cemeteries are the resting places of many famous people, including Jackie Robinson, Mae West, and Harry Houdini, at whose tomb devotees gather each year on Halloween to see if he can pull off the ultimate escape trick and return from the grave.

Gripping Sailor's hitch

The Gripping Sailor's Hitch(*) is a secure, jam-proof hitch used to tie one rope to another, or a rope to a pole, boom, spar, etc., when the pull is lengthwise along the object.

GWR 4900 Class

In the Harry Potter films, No. 5972 Olton Hall is used to pull the Hogwarts Express.

Horton Mill Covered Bridge

According to a member on the photo website Flickr as well as a report from the The Blount Countian, vandals attempted to remove some of the roof supports on the west side of the bridge by tying a cable or chain around them and attached the other end to either a tow hitch or hook...using a vehicle to try to pull them out, causing significant damage.

International Size Acceptance Association

Despite being of relatively small size, ISAA has managed to pull media attention, being mentioned by Yomiuri, CNN, Los Angeles Times, TIME Magazine, Fox News, and the New York Times.

Joe Addo

Joseph Addo features in the book The Miracle Of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinniss where it seems a transfer for Joseph from FSV Frankfurt to A.S.D. Castel di Sangro Calcio had been agreed, only for the Castel di Sangro's owners to pull out.

John Hagel III

John Hagel III, John Seely Brown: Lang Davison, The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things In Motion, Basic Books 2010.

John Seely Brown

John Seely Brown, John Hagel III, Lang Davison, The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things In Motion, Basic Books 2010.

Joice Maduaka

At the 2007 AAA Championships she failed to defend her 100 m crown, finishing third behind Jeanette Kwakye, and also had to pull out of the final of the 200 m, despite winning her heat very convincingly, due to illness.

Jurong FC

Jurong Reptile Park pull out in between the season and there is a financial crisis in the club and facing a gravely financial problems, The New Paper planned and set up a "SAVE JURONG CAMPAIGN", "SAVE JURONG LIFE-LINE", "Walkaton", Golf Tournament" and a "Gala Dinner & Dance" in order to raise a fund of $500,000,00 which was achieved.

Kendra James

He claimed to have tried to pull James out by her hair, and also attempted to use a Taser.

KZON

On June 21, 2007, at 5 PM, during the Tom Leykis show, CBS Radio decided to pull the plug and began stunting with an effeminate male, known as "Ronaldo", playing all-Paris Hilton music in an attempt to demand for the release of her from jail (she was serving a brief jail sentence at the time).

Laszlo Toth

Toth was subdued by bystanders, including American sculptor Bob Cassilly, who was the first person to pull him away from The Pietà.

Lewis Carroll Epstein

Lewis Carroll Epstein is the author of layman's books on physics that use an idiosyncratic mix of cartoons and single-page brain teasers to pull the reader into advanced concepts in classical mechanics, quantum theory, and relativity.

Magic satchel

In the futuristic French-Canadian sitcom Dans une galaxie près de chez vous, the character of Brad Spitfire has been shown to be able to pull virtually any weapon out of nowhere (usually right out of the screen).

Melanie Chartoff

On one episode of Fridays, she was cold-cocked on live TV when guest host Mac Davis failed to pull his punch during a skit.

Occupy Buffalo

On November 17, 2011 filmmaker Michael Moore spoke directly to members of Occupy Buffalo in a YouTube video encouraging them make their voice heard and not to pull back on their efforts despite the winter weather approaching.

On a Pale Horse

As he starts to pull the trigger, he sees the spectre of Death (Thanatos) advancing on him.

Orthodontic technology

Facemask or Reverse-pull Headgear is used to control the growth of the maxillary and mandibular bones during orthodontic treatment.

Painface

The origin of the name "Painface" was as the title of a song Rouw had written in 1992 while in a band named "Pull My Finger" (later shortened to just "Pull") with Rouw on vocals, Patrick Neuwirth on guitar, Paul Gray on bass and Shawn Crahan on drums.

Peter Fanucchi

Already planted with planted at the end of the 19th century Zinfandel, Fanucchi's father originally wanted to pull it out but Fanucchi retrained the vines and for nearly a decade it went into White Zinfandel for.

Pushback

In an advertising campaign, also documented on the television show Fifth Gear, a Volkswagen Touareg was used to pull a Boeing 747.

Ritchie Neville

He acted as a replacement for actor Sam J. Jones, who had been forced to pull out after a shoulder injury.

Sadler report

In the 1832 election, Michael went up against John Marshall, who had more pull in Leeds.

Skipping a Beat

Mike Wass of Idolator called the track "an infectious mid-tempo pop song with urban roots" comparing it to Ariana Grande's hit single The Way "with an edge", and added that the track "seems to be an ode to her man. “You’re my lover, you’re my friend, you’re my gangsta,” she purrs over tinny synths and piano. It takes a couple of listens but the multitude of hooks pull you in and before you’re singing along. Always the sign of a great pop song".

Star Wars Scrapbook: The Essential Collection

Star Wars Scrapbook is a book with pull-out reproductions of Star Wars merchandise/artifacts, in a similar fashion to the books Greetings From E Street: The Story of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and Tupac Shakur Legacy.

Sudan – South Sudan Border War

On 15 April 2012, according to IRIB World Service, an Iran Broadcasting channel, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said that Iran fully monitors the developments in the region, and calls on South Sudan to immediately and unconditionally pull back its forces and return to its territory behind the designated borders.

Transport in Ashford, Kent

With the introduction of domestic train services along High Speed 1 between St Pancras railway station, Stratford International station in east London and Ashford, it is expected to pull the outer limits of the London commuter belt to the town and beyond, as travel time from Ashford to London is reduced from 83 to about 37 minutes.

When Gravity Fails

The title is taken from "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", a song by Bob Dylan: "When your gravity fails and negativity don't pull you through".

Williamson

Williamson amplifier, a type of push-pull audio amplifier with low distortion first designed in 1947

Wolfgang Röhder

During September 1943 in the Raum sector the division was under attack by the Russian's, Röhder's Battery was able to withdraw to defend the last bridge over the River Worskla, so the rest of the Division could pull back over it before it had to be blown up.

Yahoo! Messenger

The story prompted several advertisers, including Pepsi and Georgia-Pacific, to pull their ads from Yahoo.


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