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pull the wires

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Next, pull the wires through the hole in the middle, and attach them to the terminal screws on the bracket.

As the sun moves across the sky, small motors pull the wires to adjust the mirrors’ pitch.

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“If there’s no prospect, there’s no prospect: We have to be very realistic. But it’s a very difficult to decision to make. It’s like someone on a medical support system and you have to determine whether to pull the wires or not.”

Motors pull the wires, adjusting the mirrors’ pitch to ensure they’re tracking the sun perfectly.

From Forbes

What we need to make out of our children is not puppets of which the world as well as ourselves may pull the wires, but earnest and self-comprehending men and women, self-reliant and fearless because life is no strange country filled with unknown shadows and pitfalls, but a pleasant land, whose dangers, known, may be avoided, and the road through which leads to a comprehended and desirable goal.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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