Word: drew
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chief of the Yugoslav army: while some top officers personally owed him loyalty, they formally reported to a civilian panel. The real villainy, investigators say, was conducted through the Interior Ministry, home of the Serb secret police and Milosevic's inner circle of advisers. These were men who actually drew the plans for ethnic cleansing and transmitted orders to carry it out. They were spotted now and then in the war zone, under assumed names, disguised, talking to Bosnian Serb political and military officials...
...antipersonnel mines had become an important political issue, both in Congress and internationally. A former frontline soldier, he understood the value of mines, but his experience helping the Kurds in Iraq after the Gulf War had shown him how devastating they can be to civilians. As the presidential plane drew nearer to Bosnia, the general well knew that he might soon have to rethink America's land-mine policy...
...Crimson (10-2 overall, 5-1 Ivy) drew first blood in its final regular season game when sophomore Jim Bevilacqua scored to take an early 1-0 lead over the Big Green...
...Crimson continued its run when Wojcik scored off a sweet feed from Eckert. The assist form Eckert was only his second point of the day but drew the most applause of the entire contest as it moved Eckert into a tie for first on Harvard's all-time career scoring list. Eckert needs only one point in the post-season to take sole possession of the record with 242 points...
...first anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing drew the nation's attention again to armed militia groups. Last Friday, a week after the anniversary, the specter of militiamen poised for violence returned. Federal agents raided a suspected bombmaking site in central Georgia, arresting two members of a right-wing paramilitary group on bomb-conspiracy charges. The agents seized enough material to make 40 pipe bombs. Robert Edward Starr III, 34, an electrician, and William James McCranie Jr., 30, a plumber, were said to be stockpiling the arsenal in preparation for an upcoming "war" against the government. Starr and McCranie...