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"In the U.S., there's still a strong cultural pull toward homeownership, because in normal times it's always been seen as a way to build net worth and equity, " said Dan McCue, research manager at Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies.
MSN: Housing bust worst since Great Depression
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Because they pull judgments toward themselves, these numerical values are known as anchors.
FORBES: Slate's Negotiation Academy and First Offers
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The tweaker inherits things as they are, and has to push and pull them toward some more nearly perfect solution.
NEWYORKER: The Tweaker
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Martin Blomkvist, Sony Ericsson's head of content acquisition and management said in a recent interview that offering digital music without rights or copying restrictions and games will help pull users toward the new site, providing a larger separate revenue stream, and stimulate handset sales.
ENGADGET: Sony Ericsson's PlayNow Arena: 1 million, DRM-free songs on Monday
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Independent economists have said Romney's warmed-over ideas would pull us back toward recession at the very time we need to keep pushing toward a full recovery.
CNN: Romney's way: Let middle class pay the rich's tab
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These are issues that really pull a female vote toward the candidate.
NPR: Elizabeth Edwards Makes Solo Public Appearance
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Romney could pull other northern-tier states toward the GOP, since he gives it an upscale look it has lacked the past few cycles.
FORBES: Which Potential GOP Nominee Would Be Best-Positioned to Expand the Existing Republican Electoral Coalition?
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It's a difficult task to write a song that successfully evokes the slowed-time pull of sleepiness without going too far and lulling listeners toward unconsciousness themselves.
NPR: A Lullaby for Grownups in Love
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As hedge funds look toward the homestretch of 2012 they will have to pull off a sector-wide miracle to stop 2012 from being one of the worst years their rich industry has ever experienced.
FORBES: Hedge Funds Are Getting Clobbered In 2012
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His mind veered toward her now, and he jerked it back with a prayer: Let me pull this off.
NEWYORKER: Tenth of December