Word: drew
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Reading Odysseus' lines, Robards drew upon a lower register, often dipping into gravely tones, giving a particularly strong impression of wise, weathered worldliness. Walker, facing several roles (including Penelope), inhabited each one by seeming to occupy a space beyond the table and chair that served for the reading...
Perhaps "opposed to" might be substituted for "part of." And his opposition was not lightly felt. A paranoid president, he drew up an enemies list. He formed a political subversion committee known as the plumbers...
Third-year law student Hannah L. Kilson, another organizer of the conference, said the last conference drew nationwide attention...
Mikelson, who spoke at the vigil, said the event demonstrated students' interest in allowing such ceremonies but that the vigil drew only a small crowd of devoted students...
...Haiti's U.S.-trained cops are thugs. Last month a Human Rights Watch/Americas report offered a shocking account of indiscipline and incompetence among the 5,000-strong force. The report cited dozens of cases of beatings, torture and murder. It also highlighted the inadequate training the officers received, and drew attention to the failure of the Haitian government to prosecute rogue cops. "It's sad," a U.S. official told TIME. "Here's a force that we invested $65 million in, and from the same account, we're now using money to protect people from...