Word: dragging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dull red walls of the Kremlin loom large in the center of Moscow as a reminder of this country's powerful Russian past. Yet as one walks away from the Kremlin and down Tverskaya Boulevard--Moscow's main drag--one wonders whether the Kremlin still serves its original purpose. Built as a fortress in the 1150s, it was supposed to protect Moscow from foreign invasion...
...self-described guru of snooze, Laura B. Zukerman '99, explains the fundamentals of her approach: "In Science B-29 freshman year, I fell asleep on the floor of the Science Center every day," Zukerman says. "I would drag myself to class, but end up on the floor after about 10 minutes every lecture. The only time I encountered a problem was when my father surprised me with a visit one day, and found me snoring in the back of the lecture hall...
Even in her generally sober critique of Clinton, Tobin has to drag in the unrelated offenses of Newt Gingrich. In an indictment of all Republicans, Tobin refers to him only as "their Speaker of the House" and continues by condemning all Republicans for allowing lobbyists to influence legislation in the House. I'm not certain it is a fair argument to compare Clinton's crimes with those of the entire Republican congress...
...blame her? Only a little more than two years ago, she lost the only man she ever loved. Gordeeva had grown up in his arms, and he had died in hers, and though she needs to move beyond that now, the questions always drag her back. Gordeeva, 26, folds her body in half to sit down and is so tiny the chair looks like a prop. She sits impatiently, tragically beautiful, forever fractured. And then she says, "I'm not so strong inside as I look outside...
...REAL DRAG Everyone's arteries begin to harden with age, but the pace is significantly hastened if you breathe secondhand smoke. Moreover, among actual smokers, the arterial damage may be irreversible--even after quitting...