GmatKiss wrote:In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt, who has called for significant restraints in welfare spending for helping West Germany to pull out of the recession

a)In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt, who has called for significant restraints in welfare spending for helping West Germany to pull out of the recession

b)In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt, who has called for significant restraints in welfare spending to help pull West Germany out of a recession

c)In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt, who has called for significant restraints in welfare spend to help West Germany pull out of recession

d)In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt, who has called for significant restraints in welfare spending for helping West Germany to pull out of a recession

e)In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly has criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt has called for significant restraints in welfare spending for pulling West Germany out of a recession

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GmatKiss wrote:In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt, who has called for significant restraints in welfare spending for helping West Germany to pull out of the recession

a)In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt, who has called for significant restraints in welfare spending for helping West Germany to pull out of the recession

b)In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt, who has called for significant restraints in welfare spending to help pull West Germany out of a recession

c)In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt, who has called for significant restraints in welfare spend to help West Germany pull out of recession

d)In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt, who has called for significant restraints in welfare spending for helping West Germany to pull out of a recession

e)In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly has criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt has called for significant restraints in welfare spending for pulling West Germany out of a recession

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GMATGuruNY wrote:

GmatKiss wrote:In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt, who has called for significant restraints in welfare spending for helping West Germany to pull out of the recession

a)In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt, who has called for significant restraints in welfare spending for helping West Germany to pull out of the recession

b)In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt, who has called for significant restraints in welfare spending to help pull West Germany out of a recession

c)In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt, who has called for significant restraints in welfare spend to help West Germany pull out of recession

d)In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt, who has called for significant restraints in welfare spending for helping West Germany to pull out of a recession

e)In an unusual rebuke of a senior aide, Chancellor Micheal Duston today publicly has criticized Finance Minister Otto Schmidt has called for significant restraints in welfare spending for pulling West Germany out of a recession

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To express intent or purpose, we typically use the infinitive (TO + VERB):

INCORRECT: John went to the store FOR BUYING milk.
CORRECT: John went to the store TO BUY milk.

Eliminate A and D (which say for helping) and E (which says for pulling). To express the PURPOSE of the Chancellor's action, we need the infinitive: the Chancellor has called for significant restraints...TO HELP West Germany.

In C, in welfare SPEND makes no sense. The gerund form is needed: in welfare SPENDING. Eliminate C.

The correct answer is B.

To help PULL West Germany means to help US pull West Germany.
To help WEST GERMANY pull means to help WEST GERMANY pull ITSELF.

The first meaning seems more appropriate here.