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Word: drags (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...oils for Christmas, was soon begging his mother to take him to the Louvre and the Museum of Modern Art. There, she remembers, he showed a marked liking for Sisley and Cézanne, and adds: "Thierry also likes flower shops and jewelry stores. If I didn't drag him away, he would stand there for hours gazing at the displays." Thierry thinks painting as simple as his other enthusiasm, soccer. Says he: "I like colors and I like football. I paint the things as I see them. There is nothing to explain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Young Lion | 2/14/1955 | See Source »

...varsity skaters seemed to drag themselves about the rink and only managed to get off six shots at the Eagle goalie in the first two stanas. The last minute goals actually were only surprising because of their lateness...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Cleary Goal Edges B.C. in Overtime, 5-4 | 2/9/1955 | See Source »

...Yalu, testified General Mark Clark, "we should have indicated that we were at war with Red China." Attacking Manchurian bases, however, might have triggered a world war. "It might have," said Clark, with Joy concurring. "I do not think it would have...I do not think you can drag the Soviets into a world war except at a time and place of their own choosing. They have been doiqg^too well in the cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Remember Korea | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

...farce. Even when a renegade American brandishes a broken whiskey bottle in Cooper's face and growls, "My father always said the bottle could ruin a man," an aura of good-natured jollity pervades the film. The cockles of the heart warm perceptibly when Lancaster's vicious cut-throats drag a group of innocent children into a building as hostages...

Author: By John A. Porz, | Title: Vera Cruz | 2/5/1955 | See Source »

...power into the role of Dr. Lazear, and Jackie Cooper, stuffed with brogue, blarney and bluster, was effective as O'Hara. Wally Cox wittily handled his small part as the soldier who becomes an innocent guinea pig for the medicos. Unfortunately the play itself had a tendency to drag between high moments and a habit of making its points over and over again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Week in Review | 1/24/1955 | See Source »

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