Word: draggedly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There is no need to dwell at length upon the consequences which have been wrought by the American system. The inertia of the mass has been a constant drag upon the initiative of those students whose capacities and preparation justify a raising of academic standards. But at the same time a jealous public has resisted, in the name of their "inalienable rights", the exclusions which follow the tendency to raise standards, to enhance appreciation of matters of the intellect, in brief, to make universities true institutions of higher learning...
...universe through which all matter moves; 2) That this substance, ether, has a motion imparted to it by moving matter (a motion similar to that of water following the stern of a moving ship). In the case of the earth, the ether is subject to a 95% drag, but slips away again 50%; 3) That the whole solar galaxy (group of planets) is moving toward the constellation of the Dragon at a rate of 120 miles a second. The significance of the ether-drift calculations in brief is: The man who made them, Dr. Dayton C. Miller of the Case...
...Secretary Mellon is or was interested. The company paid taxes of over $10,000,000 for 1915-19 and got a refund of nearly $4,000,000. The case was settled in about a week after amended returns were filed in February, 1921, although in many cases such settlements drag out for months, years. The Committee claims that the company should not only have had no refund, but should have paid $600,000 additional. In the warfare between Senator Couzens and Secretary Mellon, the case has only an indirect bearing, however, since it was settled at Secretary Mellon...
...develop a process of dealing with situations as they arise by some orderly method. We must do what we can, albeit our powers may be limited, to build a law and legal institutions to which nations may appeal instead of allowing their differences to fester, to smart and to drag them apart. We must do this, at any rate, if we want our international society to be orderly and peaceful...
...that have it badly, even if they do not die, are generally done for. Blinded, paralyzed or twisted, they can only find a spot in a stable-yard and wait for death. Hard is the lot of yellow alley-dogs, which often have no place to go; they must drag themselves about from corner to corner, pushing a pair of useless front legs or perhaps pulling their bodies behind them like billets because their hind-legs are shriveled to sad bony wisps. Such dogs throw a ghastly shadow as they limp about in the sunlight...