Word: drew
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bread, when the passover must be killed. . . . And when the hour was come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him. . . . And He came out, and went, as He was wont, to the Mount of Olives: and His disciples also followed Him. . . . And He that was called Judas . . . drew near unto Jesus to kiss Him. . . . Then took they Him, and led Him, and brought Him into the high priest's house...
First off, the candidates for President-General tested their strength by rival teas. Mrs. Becker, with Mrs. Magna to help her, served ice cream, cake and punch at the Mayflower Hotel, drew 3,000 Daughters and friends. At the Willard, Mrs. Gillentine, serving only lemonade, drew a scant 2,000 but outdid her rival with a string of celebrities including Speaker of the House Joseph Wellington Byrns and his wife...
...Anecdotage provoked by the Jubilee drew from equine-featured Margot Asquith's daughter-in-law Lady Cynthia this: "Once the Queen was ill and the King was sitting by her bedside holding her hand, when she fell asleep. Afraid that if he moved she would be awakened, the King remained in the same position for several hours. Another time the King said with deep feeling, 'If anything were to happen to the Queen I should...
...from the Noble Earl, was well meant. As the glare of prying publicity increases, directors of munitions trusts are becoming cagier and Sir Herbert soon revealed that he is making progress. At the stockholders' meeting last year a sniping coupon-cutter produced German magazines carrying Vickers advertisements, loudly drew the only possible inference. Last week there seemed to be no more such advertisements and when the Chairman was questioned about German sales he replied as though shocked...
These three officers will make up the executive committee of the House which has charge of all its affairs and dictates the policies to be pursued. The president and the vice-president are also ex-officio members of the Phillips Brooks House Committee, the committee which drew up the report advising that PBH no longer be used as a commuter center. Most of the nominees have worked for P.B.H. as social service helpers...