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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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pull it is easier to pull down than to build up proverbial saying, late 16th century.
pull strings make use of one's influence and contacts to gain an advantage unofficially or unfairly; the image is of a puppeteer manipulating a marionette by means of strings.
See also
pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire.
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Michael Ray Palmer of Ingleside.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 4/23/2006; 479 words
; Michael Ray Palmer of Ingleside Prayers for Michael Ray Palmer will be said at 9:30 a.m. Monday, at Glueckert Funeral Home, Ltd., 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road (four blocks south of Palatine Road), Arlington Heights. A Mass will follow...
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Palmer, Ray W.
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/6/2005; 407 words
; Palmer, Ray W. Husband, father, teacher, mentor and friend Ray W. Palmer left this world too soon on October 5, 2005...family following a sudden illness at the age of 61 years. Ray was born in Freeport, IL. Ray began a distinguished career...
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Palmer Park Champions Saga of Sugar Ray Leonard; Pr. George's Hometown Takes Heart in Boxer
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/7/1988; ; 700+ words
; Out on Ray Leonard Road in Palmer Park, there are pundits aplenty. Like...only 11. But when it comes to Sugar Ray Leonard, the hometown youth turned boxing...Leonard, 32, training at the Sugar Ray Leonard amateur training center on Barlowe...
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Junious Hinton - Head coach, Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing Gym, Palmer Park
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/4/2005; 481 words
; ...ve been doing this for 46 years. My first professional fight was at Madison Square Garden. I trained in the gym with Sugar Ray Robinson. And I was Emile Griffith's sparring partner for three-and-a-half, four years. I made a little money, got...
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Georgia Arts & Entertainment Legacy Award.(AWARDS & PRIZES)(Palmer Wells, Frank Wittow, Robert Shaw and Ray Charles receives award)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: American Theatre; 12/1/2006; 500 words
; The Georgia Arts & Entertainment Legacy Award went to Palmer Wells, director and co-founder of Theatre in the Square in Marietta, Ga. Three posthumous tributes--dubbed GAELA Legends--went to Frank Wittow, Robert Shaw and Ray Charles.
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Health Zone: Jill Palmer's medical casebook - Beaming in a ray of hope.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 4/6/2000; ; 424 words
; A NEW hi-tech radiotherapy technique which creates 3D beams to curve round the shape of a tumour could help save lives of men with prostate cancer. Intensity Modulate Radiotherapy has been hailed as "one of the most exciting advances in cancer care" by Dr David Dearnaley, of the Institute of Cancer
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Henry R. Palmer.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 1/7/2006; 405 words
; ...CARROLLTON, Texas - Henry Ray Palmer, born Jan. 29, 1955...in Carrollton, Texas. Ray was preceded in death by his father, Henry Harrison Palmer. He is survived by his...Sheila; sons, Brian Ray Palmer, Kevin Sean Palmer...
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Cheryl Palmer Capriotti.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 12/20/2008; 451 words
; NORFOLK - Cheryl Palmer Capriotti, 43, went to be with the Lord Dec. 17, 2008...of Norfolk, she was born May 26, 1965, to Barbara Caffee Palmer and the late Melvin Ray Palmer. Cheryl graduated from Lake Taylor High School, Class of...
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Palmer battles through.
Newspaper article from: Petersfield Post (Petersfield, England); 5/2/2008; 353 words
; ...WEST MARDEN-based racer Chrissy Palmer returned to the British Formula Ford...his Sterling Motorsports-prepared Ray, Palmer took full advantage of the streaming...to out-drive many of his rivals Palmer started 17th on the grid on Sunday...
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Jury tells Palmer he owes ex-fiancee more than $22,000
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 3/9/2007; ; 647 words
; ...than a week later. Palmer, a former drug dealer...said he loved Ray and hoped they would...trailer for $10,000. Ray said she spent more than $1,000 paying Palmer's fines at the Division...000 on back taxes Palmer owed the IRS. "He...into our marriage," Ray said. Palmer's...
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Ray Palmer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ray Palmer 1808-87, American Congregational clergyman and hymn writer, b. Little Compton, R.I., grad. Yale, 1830. He held pastorates...
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Palmer, Ray
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Palmer, Ray (1808–87), born in Rhode Island, was reared in Boston and graduated from Yale (1830). He became a pastor of...
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Palmer, Raymond Alfred (1910-1977)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Palmer, Raymond Alfred (1910-1977...in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Palmer began writing science fiction...Sources: Arnold, Kenneth, and Ray Palmer. The Coming of the Saucers...Detroit: Omnigraphics, 1992. "Ray Palmer Dies." Fate 30, no...
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Leonard, Sugar Ray
Book article from: Notable Sports Figures
...others. Sugar Ray Leonard was born Ray Charles Leonard in Wilmington, North...Leonard, he was named for singer Ray Charles. In Wilmington, Leonard...purchased a home on Barlowe Road in nearby Palmer Park. Ray, the youngest of the five Leonard...
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Fuller, Curtis (1912-1991)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...flying saucers by Kenneth Arnold in 1947, Fuller and Ray Palmer (also a Ziff-Davis employee) decided to start a new...explore UFOs and other mysteries. In 1955 he bought out Ray Palmer, who had already withdrawn from active editorial work...
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