Word: drew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Church drew upon reporting from Washington Correspondent William Blaylock, who interviewed some two dozen experts on the current state of the economy, and Economic Correspondent George Taber, who interviewed Administration policymakers. Taber also compiled background on Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal and found that "it's impossible to spend more than five minutes around the man and not call him Mike. Mr. Secretary just wouldn't sound right." In addition to conducting interviews at the Treasury, Taber spent some time in Blumenthal's limousine, chatting with the Secretary as he went from one meeting to another...
That line drew strong applause. The theme was repeated as Carter added that "the American people are sick and tired of federal paper work and red tape" and reported progress on "turning the gobbledygook of federal regulations into plain English that people can understand." More applause...
...tried to do so with his long-stalled energy bill, and he scolded the Congress for failing to pass it: "I know that it is not easy for the Congress to act, but the fact remains that on energy legislation we have failed the American people." Typically, Carter drew applause from Republicans by declaring that the final energy bill must increase production, then from Democrats by demanding that it must also ensure that "we cut down waste...
...stems more from an unexplained complex of psychosocial forces than from heredity. The liberal side relied heavily on psychological theory, while conservatives pointed out that scientific findings are fluid and conflicting. Finally, however, both the majority and minority sides staked their case on the Bible. The two passages that drew most attention were the condemnation of homosexual relations in Leviticus 18:22 (repeated in 20:13) and St. Paul's teaching in Romans 1:18-32 that homosexual acts are sinful. Disagreement about how to interpret them was the logical outcome of two general views of the Scripture that...
...fine, foot-stomping hillbilly fiddle, asked Baskin what he should do next. Said the Grand Dragon: "Take that fiddle and use it." In 1946 he ran for the state legislature and fiddled his way into office. Playing such tunes as Turkey in the Straw and Old Joe Clark, he drew campaign crowds and attention in town after town, beat out twelve other Democratic primary candidates, and went on to win the election...