Word: drew
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ruckus even drew some notice from the pontifical pen of New York Times Music Critic Olin Downes. Said Pundit Downes: "A four-voiced fugue, in the best Benny Goodman style, would be something, though just what defies the imagination...
...Because his radio style was criticized by Republican Herbert C. Hoover, who himself is no great radiorator, Republican Thomas E. Dewey goes to New York University's Speech Teacher Richard C. Rorden to brush up his microphone technique, reported "Daily Washington Merry-go-Round's" Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen. A baritone before he was a politician, Candidate Dewey is generally regarded as a professionally polished, dramatic broadcaster...
Here Lynch drew the line, remarking "you want to play ball with us, don't you?" and pointing out Saltonstall's capacity as an Overseer...
...Thomas ("Tommy the Cork") Corcoran as a candidate for the vacancy on the U. S. Supreme Court is Governor Frank Murphy of Michigan, who is having a tough battle for reelection. Observers were not surprised to read last week in "Washington Daily Merry-Go-Round," the political column by Drew Pearson* & Robert S. Allen which is one of Janizary Corcoran's favorite wind tunnels for testing political balloons, a handsome tribute to Mr. Murphy and a serious discussion of his qualifications to succeed the late Justice Cardozo. Excerpts: "When Murphy was judge of the recorder's court...
When, in September, this swain invited "the one girl" to the Princeton game, he drew from his pocket a $20 bill, and to her great amazement, neatly tore this sizable piece of pocket lettuce in to equal halves and gave one to her, keeping the other himself. He then explained politely that neither half would be redeemable without the other, entreated her not to send it to him in spite of any pleas he might make in the future, and depositing a kiss on her perplexed brow, departed for Cambridge...