Word: drews
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After earning an M.B.A. at Harvard, he did research on education policy that led to a job at the old Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Secretary Richardson soon drew him into his personal circle. As Richardson toured the Nixon and Ford Cabinets -- serving as head of Defense, Justice and Commerce -- Darman followed. Richardson, a problem-solving progressive who wore his Republicanism lightly, even served Jimmy Carter as vice chairman of the U.S. delegation to the U.N. Conference on the Law of the Sea. With that political lineage and a wife describing herself as "alas, a good old-fashioned liberal...
...Union staff drew straws for who had to wear the cow suit, because no one would volunteer, she said. The worker said she wished she could stay out of sight for the next week...
Character descriptions make the book. Both the gangsters and the cool and unhampered "moll," Miss Drew, are carefully and wonderfully drawn. And Billy's crazy but serene mother, though a minor character, is beautifully irrational in her actions...
Right-wing groups in West Germany have grown increasingly visible recently, but authorities last week drew the line at just how far such movements may go. Bonn banned the 170-member neo-Nazi National Assembly political group, confiscating ammunition, knives and swastikas during nationwide raids on offices and members' apartments. "This strike against neo-Nazis should be seen as an unmistakable warning signal," said Interior Minister Friedrich Zimmermann. "West Germany will not be a playing field for right-wing extremism...
...Framed Roger Rabbit, the inventive comic blend of animation and live action, drew six nominations, but all of them for technical achievements. Working Girl also collected six nods, including best original song for Carly Simon's Let the River...