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She took me to visit Ros and Ferry one day, and I learned that the ranchhouse had been assembled between 1902 and 1904 by joining four nearby homesteads, which were dragged to the site by mules.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite closed modestly lower, reflecting a slump in technology stocks, which were dragged down by Netflix and IBM.

Occasionally, small amounts of mucus were present and entrapped particles which were dragged along the epithelial surface (see Movie S2).

The second major category of bottom sampler is the dredge, which is dragged along the seafloor to collect materials.

This was precisely the sort of move Hanson was contemplating to release shareholder value, which was dragged down by ICI's cyclical petrochemicals business.

Ping-emitting beacons in the black boxes still have about 20 days of battery life, but high waves had prevented the deployment of ping locators, which are dragged by ships.

The interest rate on the average 30-year mortgage, which was dragged lower by the decline in Treasury yields, fell to 5.93percentthethe lowest since 1965, according to Freddie Mac, the mortgage lender.

Bill Foster, a fisherman from Hatteras, North Carolina, and Dr Read, proposed the project because the Pamlico Sound near Hatteras was closed to large-mesh gill nets (which are dragged behind a boat like a curtain) for four months a year because too many turtles were being caught by accident.

The outlook for youngsters aged 16 to 24 was particularly dire: with a jobless rate of 21.2%, up 1.6 percentage points and representing almost a million out of work, Britain is now no better than the European average, which is dragged down by very high unemployment in southern countries in particular.

Google was late to launch its mobile messenger, which was dragged down by Google Plus.

Concerns about weakening retail sales also hurt the Dow, which was dragged lower by Wal-Mart and Home Depot.