Word: drew
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...December, according to the court-martial charges, Colonel Nickerson wrote his memorandum against the Wilson order, sent it to William F. Hunt of Reynolds Metals Co. and John A. Baumann of Radio Corp. of America (both employed at Redstone), Editor Bergaust of Missiles and Rockets, and to Washington Columnist Drew Pearson. "We took one look at it," said Bergaust later, "and decided we didn't want the stuff around. So we mailed it back to Nickerson, registered. Fortunately, we kept the receipt...
...Cairo press, Egypt is unyielding about everything: gives the U.S. and U.N. no credit for getting Israeli troops out of Egypt (something the Egyptians could not do for themselves), and renews its intransigent attitude about Israeli rights in Gaza, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Suez Canal. The optimistic drew comfort from the fact that Nasser himself had not yet said all these things, and might not be so unreasonable as his noisy propagandists...
...particularly books about religion. This novel is truly scandalous. It has already sold 500,000 copies in Italy (where it was banned) and in France. It is not the first among the nine novels by sometime French Diplomat Peyrefitte to enjoy a popular, scandalous and critical success (Diplomatic Conclusions drew indignant disclaimers from the French Foreign Office). Waspish Author Peyrefitte writes like a countryman of Rabelais and Voltaire, but in the U.S., where there is no comparable tradition of anticlerical literature, he is likely to shock more than to entertain...
...varsity hockey team drew up to the door of the Broadmoor Hotel last Wednesday, a group of bogus Indians in headdresses and war paint burst out of the hotel and started to yell and beat their tom toms in greeting to the Crimson's bus. The queen of the tournament with some of her royal court of Colorado College girls followed the Indians and began passing out cowboy hats and candy to the new arrivals. Thus, with the customary hoop and holler, another hockey team was suitably welcomed to the official NCAA hockey tournament...
...most recent of these explosions arrived wrapped in a rather loud voice and an aura of artistic integrity. After initially choking on the coffee, he drew his critical revolver and began the attack...