Word: drew
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...military aide, Major General Harry Vaughan, will not get to wear his medal from Argentina's Juan Peron, after all, because a subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee refused to authorize it. The fight over the medal had inspired Truman's "s.o.b." blast at Columnist Drew Pearson...
...became-perhaps inevitably-the target of widespread and vicious attacks. His enemies were many: disgruntled officers, liberals, professional politicians (who resented his refusal to take part in the Truman campaign), the Communists, gossip columnists. Both Drew Pearson and Walter Winchell (who raged during the Palestine dispute because Forrestal advocated friendship with the Arabs to protect U.S. Middle East oil supplies) sniped at him mercilessly...
...Turner drew a walk, went to second on a passed ball, advanced to third on a sacrifice by Dunn, and tagged up after Hal Moffie flied out. John Caulfield, who had walked and gone to second on an infield error, scored on Mannino's second...
When Zanini, the last family head, drew his slip, there was a long breathless pause. "Who's got it?" Someone replied, "It's Hutchinson. It's Bill...
...Hutchinson protested that it was all unfair, but everyone knew that the lottery had been run in perfect order, and the postmaster quietly went about preparing slips for another drawing in the Hutchinson family. The kids drew first, then the parents. Mrs. Hutchinson drew the slip with the black mark...