Word: drew
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...Democrats have long been leery of NAFTA, a Republican legacy they say the Bush Administration whipped up as a way to help businesses compete at home and abroad -- and to help the G.O.P. in key electoral states such as Texas and California. Candidate Clinton's criticism of the accord drew loud applause from labor and environmentalists. As President, Clinton has kept his distance from NAFTA, despite his private acknowledgment that enactment will give a long-term boost to the economies of both the U.S. and its neighbors. While the proposed delay may simply be a way to win Clinton...
...Asians and the creation of separatist black and white states, recruited successfully among skinhead groups in the West and Midwest. Too successfully, perhaps. On the last night of a visit by a WAR lieutenant, three Portland, Oregon, skins beat an Ethiopian student named Mulugeta Seraw to death. The case drew national attention, and the Southern Poverty Law Center in Alabama successfully sued Metzger, winning $12.5 million in damages for Seraw's family...
...remember when I first heard news that a third Robin Hood movie was coming out. Among the plethora of previews that delayed my viewing of "Last Action Hero" was one of "Robin Hood: Men in Tights." A cheap Errol Flynn imitation drew six arrows and shot them. Afterwards, a bunch of guys danced around in tights and a voice announced "coming to a theater near you." Immediately, I heard the dumb movie alert...
...rundown aquatic theme park. (O.K., a killer whale is technically more of a giant dolphin than a whale, but the distinction is mostly academic.) A phone number flashed on the screen during Free Willy's closing credits, offering information on how to join a campaign to protect whales, drew 40,000 calls the first weekend alone...
...anti-violence campaign may have an even greater impact in the shows that viewers won't see. All three networks have said they will back off from their overzealous pursuit of true-crime movies of the week. ABC, which drew fire for its two-parter in May about 1950s mass murderer Charles Starkweather, has turned down a proposed TV movie about 1960s mass murderer Richard Speck. Critics may cheer at the demise of this tawdry TV-movie crime wave, but good films may get hurt in the process. ABC had planned to air the explosively violent (and Oscar-winning) film...