Word: drew
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...PEARL HARBOR WITNESS VANISHES! says the New York Journal-American. Just isn't so, says the New York Post, same day (the J-A probably drew a wrong conclusion...
Painstakingly he drew up a chart entitled "Speeches and Extensions of Remarks," listing every time he had opened his mouth in Congress. He drew up an Individual Voting Record (first session and second session). He summed up: "If you have any question on any point, I will be pleased to have you communicate with me. . . ." If the Hon. Clyde Doyle struggled with his pride at the end, he conquered. The great work was signed simply: Clyde Doyle. The whole thing was printed nicely in the Congressional Record and used up six pages, from A2863 to A2869-and could thus...
...from behind Moscow's iron curtain, after ten months, comes erudite, ironic Atkinson, to rest a spell and then perhaps to return to Broadway's asbestos curtains. In goes chubby, energetic Drew Middleton, one of the Times's top-flight newsmen...
...York-born Drew Middleton, 32, goes to Russia with few illusions. He regards the Moscow assignment as "something every reporter should do once at least." He has agreed to buck it for the next two years...
Good Eye, Good Ear. In the slow-moving Times hierarchy, Drew Middleton has shot up fast. Syracuse University's School of Journalism refused to grant him his degree because he couldn't type fast enough (he got the degree later when he became a famous son). After two years of newspaper work in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., he went to A.P. as a sportswriter in 1937. He asked to be a foreign correspondent, but was sent to England in 1939-to cover sports. When the war came, he was the youngest (25) reporter accredited to the British Expeditionary Force...