dragging

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If her bosses were upset over the contractor's foot-dragging, they didn't show it, according to an auditor who attended the meeting, which included Christopher Andrezze, director of the agency's Western region.

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  • He says that the constant disappears when he adds the mathematical terms for frame-dragging, the ability of a rotating body to drag spacetime around it, akin to the swirling exhibited around a spoon stirring a bowl of molasses. —  Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews
  • The University stands out among other agencies in foot-dragging, according to Dan Browning, an editor at the Star Tribune who has taught journalism and worked with students on public record requests. —  The Minnesota Daily - mndaily.com
  • I don't recommend this method for publicly distributed plugins (as it will confuse and frustrate users that the dragging is broken) but you can see the code —  Simian Uprising | Jeremy Clarke
  • Sled dragging is a fun and innovative way to get your athlete to keep training even when he thinks his body can't take any more. —  Straight to the Bar - Blogs
  • Biggest Loser was a total letdown -- dragging out for two hours and culminating in a to-be-continued, so we didn't even see who, if anyone, was going home. —  Blog updates
 

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dragging:   drag ·  dragged ·  drags
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