Word: dragging
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Possessed of enough energy and drive to power a locomotive, Chan was nonetheless hindered at every turn by the inertial drag of school bureaucracy. California's education code runs to 6,000-plus pages. Most of it seems designed to generate more paper: local schools are required to send reams of forms to district offices before they can fix a broken window, change the school menu, take a class on a field trip or buy new textbooks. To make real innovations, Chan found herself perpetually fighting for waivers. In 1992, when California enacted a charter-school law, Chan...
...college traditions the Adams House Drag Night is perhaps one of the more bizarre...
There is some concern in Adams House about the future of drag night. Some worry that fewer students will want to participate because reform of the house lottery "has changed the artsy, strange character of the house," according to Graham...
...movies are a perfect place to show that dynamic. When the drag queens prance and dance in "Priscilla" or in "Rocky Horror," we are repulsed and amused at the same time. We can feel whatever we want in the protected silence and darkness of the theater; we don't have to worry about our neighbors or friends gauging our reactions. But at the same time, we are intensely aware of the way we are feeling--and it may not be a way that makes us proud of ourselves or that fits in with our stated beliefs. The movies' effects...
...Before you make a decision, it is never a good idea to drag their political processes through the press," he says. "it's more likely that it would have passed if it had not received such attention. Those people came under ridicule from friends and from other clubs...