Word: drew
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...AFRICAN AMERICANS, the first week of April has often been a time when their heroes have died. In 1950 it was blood-plasma pioneer Dr. Charles R. Drew. In 1968 it was Martin Luther King Jr. Last week it was Carl Stokes of Cleveland, the first black big-city mayor, and Ron Brown, Bill Clinton's Secretary of Commerce, who at 54 perished doing what he always did best: trying to make deals...
...America's consciousness, but the MCA commission, which is likely to include new offices and a redesign of the company's headquarters, caps an amazing 18 months for the beakish 51-year-old. In November 1994 his exhibition at New York City's Museum of Modern Art drew big crowds and critical plaudits. He was photographed, celebrity-style, in his midnight blue Maserati by Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. His first book, Delirious New York, was rereleased and sold 28,000 copies (not bad for a theoretical treatise on the American city written in the '70s). "I would...
...network withdrawals drew a tight-lipped response from Robert Pitofsky, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. "I support comparative advertising," Pitofsky says. "I hope that this is not an occasion to suppress comparative ads overall." Perhaps not, but the rat-a-tat of battling drug claims has been making heads feel like the morning after. Hey, has anyone got an aspirin...
...Bell Dana Carvey Show, dancing tacos hailed Carvey as "our whore," and Princess Di was called a slut (twice). Hardly shocking for Carvey's regular audience, but this was prime time. Pizza Hut, another unit of Pepsi in line for top billing, also got cold feet. But the show drew big ratings, and ABC said it would be reined in a tad. So other Pepsi kin are staying put and, happily, there will be a Mug Root Beer Dana Carvey Show...
This budget-cutting drew criticism from some members of his staff, but Proctor said he is proud of the decisions he made...