Word: drags
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...coming years, many voiced "no opinion." Of those who did, however, the majority was against such expansion. What is significant are their reasons: "commuters are too homogenous a group," and "commuters are cheated out of college life." One non-resident even expressed the thought, "commuting is, generally speaking, a drag," and another unhappy student closed his little essay with these words: "war and commuting--they're both hell...
Down the concrete steps they dragged him, feet first, his head cracking again and again on the treads. Parker pleaded in vain: "I'll walk if you all don't drag me!" Blood trailed the figures as they stumbled onward, and a bloody handprint was slapped on the doorstep. The other prisoners ran to the window, saw the men fling their victim into a car, watched as the car and four or five other autos drove off. Parker's terror-choked voice was drowned by the chatter of youngsters leaving a dance down the street...
...mere handful of undaunted lowbrows continue to drag their lady-friends to the U.T., and average 80 per cent fewer kisses goodnight on Radcliffe doorsteps than their more tractable brethren...
...might try to combat Big Three competition by following along with the planned-obsolescence idea. Since the compact-car buyer is a discerning soul, he is not happy with yearly model changes. What he desires is gradual improvement where improvements count: in engine efficiency, better braking, lighter weight, lowered drag, better suspensions, readability...
Victory Means Nothing. Like wounded animals, three noble German brothers drag themselves home to their Hessian castle at the close of World War II. The eldest heals his wounds by charity, tending the displaced persons who occupy the castle. The second heals himself by husbandry, tending the displaced soil and its peasants. But the third brother, Amadeus, finds no panacea to hand. Years in a concentration camp have killed his trust in human beings. War and revolution have so sapped his faith in the earth itself that he can only sigh skeptically when a cheerful clergyman assures him that healing...