1.   A good stringer will know the right string and tension for you.

2.   However, I was going to try to pull the right strings.

3.   And there is the daily business of finding the right string of words to fill a menu with evocative descriptions of a new dish.

4.   But on Wednesday, Tomjanovich pulled all the right strings.

5.   Enberg, who sometimes gushes like Old Faithful, emanated the proper amount of schmaltz on Sunday, plucking the right strings, choosing the best of bon mots.

6.   Not without Gruden tugging the right strings.

7.   Smith seems to have pulled all the right strings despite being on the job for such a short time.

8.   They have accumulated a lot of social capital inside the organization, are at the center of a large informal network and know how to pull the right strings.

9.   Yoyoyo was like a real yo-yo, and Ardoin was pulling the right string.

10.   Marcello Lippi has guided the team to a European Champions Cup, a league title and an Italian Cup in two years, always pulling the right strings.