The trick now is to machine the top of the pipe so that the remaining 1400 or so feet can be gripped or to use other tactics to grab hold of it and pull it up and out of the hole so that drilling can proceed.

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To pull the state out of its hole, Mr McCain offers low taxes, retraining and an all-inclusive energy policy.

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Thus, those states claiming that they are cutting fat and waste are actually setting the stage for the impoverishment of their citizenry and a long-run decline in the revenues available to pull themselves back out of this hole.

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"We're going to pull you out of whatever hole you're in, " the district attorney had warned the perpetrators at a news conference.

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People drilling the hole with a giant rig were just able to pull it out of the way and get to safety when the steam exploded and dug a crater that's more than 100 feet deep and about as wide.

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"We're going to pull you out of whatever hole you're in, we're going to bring you back and let the people of Kaufman County prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law, " he said.

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