Word: drags
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Communism and the prestige of the Arab world's voluble troublemaker, Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, who was trying from afar to bring Hussein down. The danger also threatened that Nasser's ally Syria might invade Jordan-possibly toppling Hussein, possibly touching off an explosion that would drag the U.S. into hot war. It was clearly to the interest of the U.S. and of world order to deter Syria-or Egypt or Russia or Israel-from intervening against Hussein...
...Slezak who supports everything. Nearly all his laughs are earned by business and intonation; nearly none by lines. When he drinks champagne, allows himself to be corseted, or just stalks in and out, the evening is a success. But why must such a highly talented star as Slezak drag along a playwright like Mr. Ginsburg...
...Lord Offside? Lord Altrincham's indignation was the greater because, he wrote, "The Queen and the Queen Mother are patrons of the league, and Princess Alice is its president." To drag in royalty this way, commented the admiral, is "a pretty rotten thing. Definitely offside...
Similarly, Mrs. Anita Carroll of Issaquah, Wash., was reported slain primarily because she would have been a drag on the gang's escape...
...headquarters: "We stopped the elevator between the first and second floors and we worked him over. I've never seen a guy get such a beating. Finally he slumped down on his knees. We took the elevator to the second floor, picked him up and started to drag him out. All of a sudden he exploded, swung around with his handcuffs, knocked one cop cold onto the concrete and gashed another. It took the whole damn force on duty to stop him. Tough? I never seen a man that tough...