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  • Anyone who wants to analyze the game, however, prefers to see the pulled-back camera angle known as the "All 22."

    The Footage the NFL Won't Show You Reed Albergotti 2011

  • My last few books were very pulled-back, and I think made the readers work too hard to figure out what was going on in the characters 'hearts.

    Interview: Melissa Scott odysseyworkshop 2009

  • Here's a question and answer from a recent Hasbro interview: SSG: Back in January, we asked about what happens to pulled-back pegwarming figures, and at the time you hadn't bought back some in a while so your answer focused on other methods of using the packaged figures, but on October 2nd you answered another site that this year's pulled-pack figures were being destroyed.

    Avatar Happy Meal toys (link roundup) 2009

  • The first lady (dark fitted pantsuit, pulled-back hair) and her party went with a healthy-ish menu: noodles, steamed fish, edamame, sushi.

    Hey, isn't that...?: Michelle Obama; Wyatt Cenac The Reliable Source 2010

  • It's a lot to take on, but Jones concentrates it by assuming the role of a well-to-do woman named Margarita, whose cardigan, pearls and pulled-back hair suggest comfort and confidence.

    Fringe Festival's 'Letters to Clio' tells of Argentina's disappeared 2010

  • With her pulled-back curlyish auburn hair, wide-set hazel eyes and dramatically sculpted face, she resembled an actress who had been considered a hot number and a bit dangerous once upon a time.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

  • In the flickering light she looked to Clary like a sort of Edward Gorey caricature, all sharp angles and pulled-back hair and eyes like black pits scraped out of her face.

    Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

  • These ladies are known for their tight pulled-back hairstyle, which Sister Mary Olga points out is a hindrance to unimpeded brain functions.

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • It does make one feel automatically trendy, even me in my ancient jeans and sandals and pulled-back hair.

    Annette's Notebook Annette 2009

  • It does make one feel automatically trendy, even me in my ancient jeans and sandals and pulled-back hair.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Annette 2009

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