Word: draggings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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High Noon on High Street, the press and TV called it. Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan at rival rallies just five blocks from each other along a main drag of Columbus. Balloons, bands, banners and high-flown oratory. A dress rehearsal for the fall campaign and an invitation to pundits to read large significance into which candidate's crowd was bigger, which more enthusiastic...
...Panama Canal treaties. The Administration's knockdown, drag-out, barely successful battle for Senate ratification left political scars that have still not healed...
What they found was a series of colts whose owners could not even keep matters straight. Actor Jack Klugman gave his horse a feminine first name, apparently in hopes that Jaklin Klugman would become the first colt to win the Kentucky Derby in drag. Plugged Nickle's chances were rated highly after he won the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park and the Wood Memorial at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack, but the odds on his owner's winning a spelling bee were not worth a plugged nickel...
Many concentrators say that the sophomore tutorials in the department tend to be weak, adding that too many unmotivated students drag down sections and discussions. "We're aware of these potential problems in the sophomore tutorials," Judd says. "The dilemma is trying to achieve two goals at once. For one thing, we think it's important to have house-based tutorials. On the other hand, the problem is trying to find something that the tutor can teach that will be interesting to all the students...
...East. Says Biden: "If we call the tune, then we've got to be willing to pay the piper." The clock cannot be turned back to a time when America led and the others marched obediently to the American drum, nor can the U.S. rely on sheer power to drag the allies along. Says British Foreign Affairs