Word: drew
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Willingdon promised that during his absence there would be no evictions, no forced tax collection. Because without his attendance there seemed little chance of the conference accomplishing its aims, from several quarters gentle pressure began to be directed toward St. Gandhi. The S. S. Mooltan, bearing the Indian delegates, drew nearer to London. From its wireless room came stronger and stronger appeals to the Mahatma to drop his immediate grievance, represent his 270,000,000 Hindus at the Round Table. During the feverish last hours of the British Government which fell fortnight ago. William Wedgwood Benn, Secretary of State...
...detail, however, the author's cocky memory tricked him. He refers to "a legend that a Mr. Astor, a cattle merchant, fed his stock great quantities of water just before he drove them to market. . . . His 'watered stock' made him rich." The trickster was the late unctuous, sniveling Daniel Drew, the cattle-watering one of the simplest and earliest of his many business rogueries...
...weeks ago when the U. S. freighter Sundance docked at Ghent, Seaman Myak Wooker, 6 ft. 6 in. Esthonian, defied Chief Mate Leonard C. Adams, refused to work unloading cargo. He hid under his bunk. Mate Adams dragged him out. They fought. Wooker seized a fire axe. Mr. Adams drew his revolver, fired twice at close range, killed the sailor. Belgian authorities cleared Mr. Adams but when the Sundance reached Rotterdam he was relieved of his post after the skipper received a petition...
...deposits and "The Strongest Bank In Northwestern Ohio" for a slogan. He announced that his institution had $25,513,000 in absolutely liquid assets, would remain open and keep paying until everyone was satisfied. To show that he meant business, trucks from the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank drew up to his doors laden with $11,000,000 in crisp new currency. At the end of the day four other Toledo banks were still keeping their heads above water. Two were industrial banks; two were smaller concerns...
...Vatican, leaving in its place a tiny topper that balanced precariously on his domelike forehead. At the Vatican the Swiss Guards were wrongly informed of the hour of his arrival. Parti-colored men at arms were still scurrying about the courtyard of San Damaso when the German automobile drew up. Foreign Minister Curtius, who is Protestant, paid a separate visit some hours later...