Word: drew
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...many another had been saying and repeating what a dreadful thing it would be for the Democrats to obtain power, because they would lower the tariff. The tariff, thanks to Republican persistence, was beginning to loom with Prosperity as one of the campaign issues. National Chairman Work (Republican) drew National Chairman Raskob (Democrat) into a public tariff debate, in the course of which Mr. Raskob promised to resign if it could be shown that Nominee Smith did not favor a protective tariff. That put it up to Nominee Smith, who was already very busy planning where to go and when...
Pause. Then slowly, gravely Sir James drew a sprig of heather from his buttonhole and held...
Whizz! Half a dozen French bicycle police scooted up, with mustaches bristling, and surrounded a small, inoffensive U. S. roadster. With screeching breaks a large limousine drew up also, and out hopped several excited agents of the Surete General (Secret Service). Cried a Surete plain clothes man to the occupant of the roadster: "Are you M. Harold Horan, representative of M. Guillaume Randolph Hearst...
Twelve years ago, when President Irigoyen was inaugurated for his first term (1916-22), the crowd burst through police ranks, unhitched the horses of the presidential carriage, and drew it themselves slowly down the Avenida de Mayo to Government House. Then Dr. Irigoyen beamed with pleasure at the plaudits and waved high & wide his hat. Last week, confident of his power and surfeited with adulation, he sped down the Avenida in his limousine, so briskly that the mob had scarcely time to see or cheer...
Around to the other side of the world, in Sumatra, 29 men and women affected with leprosy attacked their guards last week with claws and teeth and horrid touch. The guards drew their pistols and killed ten of the lepers, wounded four others. The others ran back to their pens, gibbering and screaming...