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Wendi Peters as Jack's mother, opposing his engagement to Whitworth's daughter, blends Nora Batty's frowning frump with Les Dawson's drawn-down lip and the belligerently expanding bosom of an antagonised bullfrog into an instant comic classic.

The Game Clare Brennan 2010

I completely agree with a responsible drawn-down of forces.

The Meaning Of The End Of Operation Iraqi Freedom 2010

It’s mid-summer 2014 and a drawn-down U.S. garrison in embattled Kandahar in southern Afghanistan is suddenly, unexpectedly overrun by Taliban guerrillas, while U.S. aircraft are grounded by a blinding sandstorm.

Alfred W. McCoy: The Decline and Fall of the American Empire: Four Scenarios for the End of the American Century by 2025 Alfred W. McCoy 2010

It’ s mid-summer 2014 and a drawn-down U.S. garrison in embattled Kandahar in southern Afghanistan is suddenly, unexpectedly overrun by Taliban guerrillas, while U.S. aircraft are grounded by a blinding sandstorm.

Alfred W. McCoy: The Decline and Fall of the American Empire: Four Scenarios for the End of the American Century by 2025 Alfred W. McCoy 2010

I completely agree with a responsible drawn-down of forces.

The Meaning Of The End Of Operation Iraqi Freedom 2010

None of these profits are used to address the grave environmental costs: receding water levels in lakes and ponds, drawn-down wells and ultimately depleted aquifers, damage to roads from the large tanker trucks used to transport water, the impact of plastic waste.

Maine Rejects Corporate Control 2009

EYES: glaring eyes, open wide, looking out over those drawn-down brows

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Beyond the Crooked Eyebrow, Part 2 2006

Bugs, mud, rain, swollen rivers, or drawn-down lakes never seem to make the cut, and in the real world, good fishermen must adapt to challenging conditions.

How to Cast Lures and Flies in Strong Winds 2005

The fact is, with such goals, American troop levels simply cannot be slowly drawn-down without -- as in Vietnam -- some increase in the use of air power.

Archive 2006-11-01 News from Mad Plato 2006

The fact is, with such goals, American troop levels simply cannot be slowly drawn-down without -- as in Vietnam -- some increase in the use of air power.

"WAR IS NOT A TIME OF JOY" George W. Bush News from Mad Plato 2006