Word: drag
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...CRIMSON and elsewhere; the approval of the swimming pool plan was announced yesterday; and the treasurer's annual report was published showing an alarming increase in the deficit. If there is such a thing as a psychological moment, this is the time for an undergraduate vote. Let the matter drag along until the next Student Council meeting in the dim future, and the interest which has been aroused may then be languishing or dead. Possibly the question of hat-bands is more important; but it is to be regretted that the absence of a member or members prevented consideration...
...people when only 3,000 should be barred. There is absolutely no connection between the criminal and illiterate elements. Finally, figures and experience show that the southern foreigner can be assimilated, and that he can be educated in our schools so that he is not a drag on the community, which was claimed by the affirmative...
...Facts and statistics show that the illiterate foreigner, regardless of nationality or origin, contributes more to crime, insanity, pauperism, and slums than his due proportion. The illiterate immigrant also shows a tendency to remain illiterate and hence cannot be easily assimilated. It is because he is a menace and drag to the country that advocates a test against him, which is merely a protection for the American citizen and the immigrant who is here already...
...shell is its stern, which will be square, instead of being drawn out to a fine point as in previous boats. The new shell embodies some of the lessons Mr. Crane learned in designing hydroplanes. Although it is square, it is so built that it will drag the least possible water astern. The fact that it is seven feet shorter than previous boats will materially lessen the skin resistance. Mr. Crane is convinced of the superiority of the new design from the result of many tests made in the government testing tank, at Washington, D. C. In these tests models...