Word: dragged
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...thing about the Taft-Eisenhower convention fight was that neither could win the presidency without the wholehearted support of the faction led by the other. Within the hour after Ike was nominated, Taft pledged his support; then he left for a Canadian vacation, and many Taft partisans began to drag their feet. Their feeling was voiced by Indiana's Republican Chairman Cale J. Holder: "Until Bob Taft blows the bugle, a lot of us aren't going to fight in the army...
...four own less than an acre of land, two out of three suffer from hookworm and malaria, nine out of ten are partially blind from the effects of bad water and undernourishment. Near the palace gates, beggars lay in the hot sun, too weak, sick, or hopeless to drag themselves into the shade...
Characteristically, Beecham has no doubts whatever about the quality of his conducting. Congratulated after a concert by Fellow Conductor Fritz Reiner for "a delightful evening spent with Mozart and Beecham," the sudden flash came back, "Why drag in Mozart...
Movie theater owners immediately set up a howl of protest, but Hollywood, though usually thrown into a tizzy by any governmental move, remained surprisingly calm. Viewing the Justice Department action as more foolish than threatening, moviemen pointed out that the case might drag on through the courts for as long as ten years-long enough for Hollywood and TV to come to an understanding of their own. And, even if the Government should win, moviemen felt that their position was impregnable. Said an M-G-M spokesman: "Suppose the Government ordered you to sell Mutiny on the Bounty...
...companies have shown a marked hankering for reunion. A few years ago, Farben companies in the U.S. zone were split into 42 different units. They have since merged into twelve. Furthermore, no one doubts that the Big Three Farben successors would like nothing better than to rejoin forces, and drag in the others. What may stop them is a proposed West German antitrust law. Said one allied official: "We have assurance from the [West German] federal government that the status quo of the successor companies will be retained for three years. That should give the present setup time to crystallize...