Word: drew
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...plans for a federalized Germany as a "plot to dismember" the country. But there were signs that the Russians might compromise. Molotov, suggesting that the Germans themselves fix the degree of federalization, proposed that the old Weimar Constitution be used as a basis for a new one. This drew immediate objections. Cried France's Bidault: "The ghost of the Weimar Republic will not find favor with the French people...
...knee to at least midcalf. Some daytime dresses went almost to the ankles, making their wearers look like entries in a bag race. Resistance to these long skirts increased in direct ratio to distance from New York. In Chicago, a parade of long skirts at a fashion show drew a chorus of disgusted "Eeeks!" A customer at Chicago's Russeks insisted on having her new spring suit cut to knee-length until, after two fittings, she took a trip to New York. Back for a third fitting, she said resignedly: "All right, start all over again-hang the darned...
When his admirers called him "Philosopher" ("Diogenes without his dirt," said one), FitzGerald retorted that he had merely "a talent for dullness." He rose early, spent his mornings reading "old books" and doing occasional writing; in the afternoon he casually drew and painted. Evenings, he smoked, played the spinet, and entertained a few local callers. "Day follows day with unvaried movement," he declared; "there is the same level meadow with geese upon it always lying before my eyes: the same pollard oaks: with now and then the butcher or the washerwoman trundling...
...intramural athletics, which then were run off on an inter-class basis and were relatively unorganized. His program was accepted and used until 1930, when Dunster and Lowell produced House teams to supersede the class competition. The following year the five other Houses entered the field, and Sam drew up plans for the first full season of inter-House athletics, at the same time being appointed intramural director, a post which he still holds. "I guess I'm the first, last, and only," he says with a reminiscent smile in alluding to this position...
Meanwhile, the second night of picketing the Club drew to a close at 1 o'clock this morning with no incidents of any sort reported during the six hour period. The line will be continued at least through Saturday night, after which time the Committee will decide whether or not to continue...