Word: drew
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...leader of a new-style British Commonwealth. He took himself off to Capitol Hill where he addressed-separately -the Senate and the House of Representatives. Eden stressed effectively that Britain's share of defense costs almost matched that of the U.S. "in proportion to our size." He drew attention to the current British concept of imperialism: "In many territories of the Commonwealth constitutional progress has reached, or is approaching, the last stage before their peoples assume responsibility for their own affairs." As for the cold war, Eden's theory was that "it is not so much military containment...
...uphold the constitution. With most of the key army commanders on his side, Lott had enough firepower to keep the anti-inauguration camp from even trying to bring off a golpe-so long as he remained War Minister. To be on the safe side, Lott and trusted staff officers drew up operations plans for dealing with a revolt by i) civilians, 2) the air force, 3) the navy, or 4) the air force and navy together. Eight men alone knew of the existence of these plans, kept in four sealed envelopes in a locked desk drawer in the War Ministry...
...drew his face into several knots and looked at me as though he was going to cry. Then he said: "Nothing personal, Sam, but the title of the play is Idiot's Delight...
Columnist Drew Pearson last week tried to revive the Al Sarena investigation. He wrote that President Eisenhower had personally intervened with Interior Secretary Douglas McKay on behalf of the mine's owners. In the Senate Interior Committee files, Pearson claimed, was a letter with a marginal notation in the President's handwriting, asking McKay "to see what he could do about granting" Al Sarena's request. That day the committee scurried through its files in search of the letter. It was not located for the reason that it did not exist. White House Press Secretary James Hagerty...
...some, it was the first trip to the new Graduate Center. "This is an entirely new world," muttered an old grad. The modern pictures in the Harkness Common drew the attention of the visitors, but so did the undersized bedrooms, the community bathrooms, and the compartmental plates...