I want to make clear that I haven't dragged real historical figures bearing their own names into my story by attributing points of view to them gratuitously or by forcing them to behave implausibly -- unexpectedly, surprisingly, beautifully, shockingly, but not implausibly.
I can't comment on the durability yet – I haven't dragged this onto forty planes and through 80 TSA checkpoints yet – but at first blush it seems like it will last at least as long as a my Speck/Smart Cover combo.
An ebullient nine-year-old had not dragged them to the gates.
Mr. Sarnoff also said Random House had not dragged its feet in publishing electronic books, but simply waited for the market to develop.
Mr. Fuller, who did not grow up in a culture-rich environment, may never have discovered his talent if his older brother, Richard, had not dragged home a battered upright piano from a yard sale.
But neither the festivities nor the variety would have been possible if Zingerman's co-founder, Paul Saginaw, had not dragged his business partner, Ari Weinzweig, to a bench in front of the deli about 15 years ago and demanded that they start thinking about where they wanted their business to wind up.
When Mr Franken is seated, probably in the week of July 6th, he will become the Senate's 60th Democrat, giving his party the number it needs to break a Republican filibuster, so long as they all turn up (two of them are seriously ill) and vote as they are told to.Even if the race had not dragged on or if Mr Franken were not the cherished 60th senator, his rise to power would have been remarkable.
They hadn't dragged their feet bugging the apartment!
So far innovation hasn't dragged down costs because the incentives are so screwed up.
If I hadn't dragged myself out of there, I wouldn't be alive.
