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Word: drags (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...story. Nobody could have supposed that the campaign of a putrid peach like Georgia's Talmadge held any interest for you halfway through the fall of '56 - his election is not even an issue. Has the prowess of the real Democrats driven you so far as to drag Mr. Stevenson through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 5, 1956 | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

...weeks ago the main hope of Democrats was that Democratic state and local candidates would pull Stevenson across the line by "reverse coattails." Now some of the state candidates are worrying lest Stevenson drag them backward into defeat. President Eisenhower has long been favored to win re-election-but not by the margins necessary to give coattail-hanging Republicans control of the House and the Senate. Last week the growing possibility of an Eisenhower landslide gave Republicans new hope for winning the desperate congressional struggle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Rising Tide | 10/29/1956 | See Source »

...tablespoons of liquid Geritol . . . contains twice the iron in a pound of calf's liver. Don't let TIRED BLOOD drag you down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Great Medicine Show | 10/22/1956 | See Source »

...last year on a gross of $76.9 million. Only the 962-mile Lackawanna is in any semblance of trouble; a $7,500,000 flood-damage bill and heavy losses from its commuters (who fondly call it the "Delay, Linger & Wait," but appreciate its on-time trains) helped drag the road to a $1,000,000 deficit last year. But its freight business between New Jersey and Buffalo is so good that the Lackawanna will climb back into the black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: Three into One? | 9/24/1956 | See Source »

...voluptuous Cinemactress Sophia Loren, unkempt and grimy, looked more appealing as a child of the earth than in more familiar rig as a child of luxury. While the cameras whirred, Sophia, in the role of a hell-for-dirt girl guerrilla, had just helped a motley band of actors drag a 3-ton artillery piece through rain and a morass of real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 20, 1956 | 8/20/1956 | See Source »

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