Word: drews
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first six minutes of the second half, Harvard outscored Cornell, 14-3, to pull into a 50-44 lead. Then, 6'5" junior Ernie Hardy drew his fourth foul and retired to the bench...
...citizenry has long lived in the -vicinity of vice. In the roaring '20s, with thousands at work in the surrounding coal mines and thousands more employed in the railroad yards, there was no shortage of customers for the brothels and horse rooms. The city's gamy reputation drew rakehells from as far north as Chicago, 156 miles away. Oldtimers recall the days when not a single house was a home in the six-block Tenderloin along the Wabash River...
...recent years the event usually meant bad news for the New York Knick erbockers. Invariably, some sportswriter would point out that once again the pooches drew more spectators to the Garden than did the Knicks, the dogs of the National Basketball Association...
...students will talk to servicemen at airports, bus depots, and train stations around Boston to promote the April 6 demonstration in New York. The demonstrations will be patterned after last April's demonstration in San Francisco which drew 500 servicemen...
Unlike many Southern liberals who wish to be judged by the enemies they make, McGill was pained by the hatred he drew. His mailbox and front yard were bombed and raked by rifle fire. Telephoned threats often awoke him throughout the night. Crosses were burned outside his home. Redneck politicians drew votes by railing against "Rastus McGill," "Red Ralph (only a kaw-muh-nist talks like thet)" and "those lyin' Atlanta papers." McGill could detest the ideas of his enemies, but not the men themselves, nor could those who got to know him fail to respect...