Word: drews
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crowd, straining for a view of the one small screen, was bipartisan in its disapproval of both candidates' cliches. Dukakis's references to his immigrant origins and Little League drew as many groans as Bush's "Thank God for America...
Baring All for the Call: Sophomore sweeper Nick Gates was willing to give anything for a win against Columbia--even his shirt. After taking a Lion down on a tackle midway through the second half, the Columbia forward responded by stomping on his chest. So Gates retaliated, and drew the attention of one of the referees. To illustrate his version of the run-in, Gates decided to lift up his shirt and display the imprint of the Lion's cleats...
Right on Target Out of the shadow of All-America Nick Hotchkin, who drew raves for his speed and skill in left midfield last season, senior right midfielder Ramy Rajballie has proved to be just as skillfull on the Crimson attack...
...advertising time is virtually sold out (at an average $330,000 for a 30-sec. spot in prime time), and the network is projecting an overall prime-time rating of 21.2 -- higher than the 19.3 garnered by this year's Winter Games but less than the 23.2 ABC drew four years ago in Los Angeles. If that goal is reached, NBC stands to make an estimated $50 million to $75 million on the telecast. Though the network has no insurance per se, its contract with the Korea Exchange Bank guarantees reimbursement for revenues lost because of any substantial disruption...
Love Medicine (1984) and The Beet Queen (1986) introduced Louise Erdrich as a writer with a bold talent and exotic demographics. Both novels drew deeply from her background in North Dakota, where her German-born father and Chippewa mother worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Erdrich's use of history, legend and experience was sophisticated. She is a 1976 graduate of Dartmouth, where her husband Michael Dorris, who is part Modoc, is a professor in the college's department of Native American studies. She has a master's degree in creative writing from Johns Hopkins, a pocketful of literary...