Word: drew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...October 9, 1974, Cardinal Humberto Medieros, Archbishop of Boston, fired Richard Griffin, Sister Anne Kelley O.P., and Carole Bohn from their positions as Catholic chaplains to the Harvard-Radcliffe community. Medieros' action, which drew strong objections from various segments of the Catholic community, ended what can be described at best as a discordant relationship between the three ministers and the Church hierarchy. Even the manner by which the three-minister-team was relieved proved to be controversial and alienating...
...Vegas, Hughes found the ideal money machine from which he drew funds for political contributions. It was the Silver Slipper casino, a gaudy gambling house located opposite Hughes' Desert Inn hideaway, which he leased for $4.5 million. From the Silver Slipper till, Hughes in 1970 withdrew at least $1 million for his personal projects. The money was in small-denomination, old bills, which could not be traced by tax authorities. Thus he could contribute to his favored candidates more than the $3,000 tax-free limit that prevailed until 1972. As the Watergate investigations later disclosed, Hughes...
...giveaway of panties made of licorice and gelatin drew a large crowd which attracted the attention of a Cambridge police officer, the spokesman said. Cambridge Police Sargeant Harold F. Murphy yesterday called the distribution of the candy a "publicity stunt." "He was distributing things that would cost him $3," he said...
According to a Nielsen rating, Reagan drew 17% of the national audience that had its sets on that night, running well behind The Blue Knight on CBS (33%) and ABC's Starsky and Hutch (43%). Even so, 13 million people saw some or all of a blistering attack on a Republican Administration by a leading Republican. Responding to an appeal for funds, viewers began sending in pledges that Reagan's men predicted would total "substantially" more than the $110,000 cost of the entire venture...
...each limo drew up, one heard a brief, collective indrawing of breath as lungs dilated for the big squeal; generally it was followed by a disappointed exhalation, as the couple issuing from the Cadillac turned out to be unrecognizable. Lip gloss, hair spray, three-tone streaks, cocoa-butter tans, insecure Zapata mustaches and wine red crushed velvet tuxedos: the women looked like tennis club matrons and their escorts like croupiers. The teenies had come for Al Pacino, but he was in New York. Prodded by the eupeptic booming of the outside master of ceremonies, they stayed to squeal at Walter...