31. The Gates Foundation's monetary clout gives it the authority to quietly pull the strings to keep the initiative on track. 32. Try this : Spin steel wool on a stout cord and pull the string back and forth in each groove. 33. "If you pull the string in one place with that question, it leads to 50 other things, " he said. 34. For years, he felt like he had marionette strings attached-- " you pull the string and I'll pick my nose ." 35. It is a near universal belief in the borderlands _ indeed, across Turkey _ that Washington pulls the strings in Ankara. 36. I'd pull the string to turn on the light in the laundry room and the stuff would leak to the floor. 37. The Germans themselves had foolishly pushed their heads into a noose, and the Allies had been unable to pull the string shut. 38. He's cute and cuddly, but there are only a limited number of things he has to say when someone pulls the string . 39. Even though they are quite animated when their strings are pulled, they cannot pull the strings themselves, much less those of others. 40. Nobody else pulls the strings . . . . If drugs don't kill your body they kill your spirit and your soul.