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...substitute teacher before deciding to go to Northeastern, was attracted to the school because, he says, "I feared I wouldn't like studying, and even if I went through three years, I wouldn't know what the fuck to do. And now, the first year has been a drag. I fear making it through...

Author: By Michael Massing, | Title: They Do Things Differently at Northeastern Law School | 5/29/1974 | See Source »

What if the capitalists drag their feet in agreeing to disarmament? I believe that even if a Soviet-American agreement on bilateral reduction in military spending were impossible, we should go ahead and sharply reduce our own expenditures-unilaterally. If our enemies want to go on inflating their military budgets, spending their money right and left on all kinds of senseless things, then they'll be sure to lower the living standards of their own people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: On Arms and Co-Existence | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

...mark of 65 sec. Allan Greenberg, 22, twirled a record album on his forefinger for 5 hr. Bruce Stewart and Robert Argust slapped each other's faces for 31 hr. to top the old record by one hour. Frank Dolce blew 116 smoke rings on one drag to break the old high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Oddball Olympics | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

Lockheed engineers have incorporated a new twist: regenerative braking. When the driver applies the brakes on San Francisco's steep hills, electrical switching will also turn the drive motor into a generator. In that mode, it will act as a drag, helping to slow the trolley, much as an auto engine does while the car is coasting downhill in gear. At the same time, it will be providing power for the flywheel's generator-motor. With this system, two-thirds of the energy needed to get up the hill should be recouped on the run down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Big Wheel | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

...haven't seen a blue car around here lookin to drag, have...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: A Midnight Rider and the Flyin' Florida Omelet | 4/22/1974 | See Source »

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