Depth of water needed to float ship also spelled draught.
#a current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle also spelled draught.
#a cheque, an order for money to be paid
#an amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow also spelled draught.
#conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military
# italbrac Sports a system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams
#write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
#write a law
#conscript a person, force a person to serve in the military
#to force or convince a person to do a job they do not want to do
#''(Sports:)'' to select a rookie player onto a professional sports team
(cycling) to follow very closely behind another rider, racer, or even a motor vehicle in order to gain an aerodynamic advantage by using the lead rider as a wind break and thereby conserving energy.
#Referring to drinks on tap as opposed to bottled. (''draft beers'')
The CityBusiness New Orleans.New Interactive Reader Question of the Week is: What will the New Orleans Saints do with the No. 2 National Football League draft choice?The are seven options:* Draft Reggie Bush.* Draft D-Brickashaw Ferguson.* Draft A.J. Hawk.* Draft Matt Leinart.* Draft Mario Williams.* Trade the pick for more...
DRAFT THE BEST player available. Since ESPN and Mel Kiper Jr. first made the NFL Draft fashionable nearly two decades ago -- I still contend that the 1989 draft was the turning point in the event's popularity -- we've heard this phrase countless times from coaches, GMs and owners. ...
The market for magazines previewing the April 29-30 NFL draft is growing faster than the list of teams Terrell Owens can never again report to. ESPN has published its first-ever standalone draft guide, and the newsstand even includes a draft primer for kids. All the magazines glorify Reggie Bush,...
To go or not to go: For many of the college stars who will be selected in the first round of tonight's NBA Draft, and some who won't as well, that was the question. Those who opted for the NBA this year answered so either because...
Last weekend's draft served to strengthen teams such as Arizona, Tampa Bay, Detroit and Washington, and also reaffirmed San Diego as a perennial draft loser.
NOTEPAD Who's he? Greg Who? That's what even ardent draft followers are saying of Greg Wesley, the Arkansas-Pine Bluff safety the Chiefs drafted in the third round Saturday. Wesley didn't make any pre-draft publications because he wasn't declared eligible for the draft...
EVERYBODY KNOWS, and nobody knows. There are newspapers, Web sites, radio stations all over the country who know how tonight's NBA draft is going to play out. There are draft gurus, people who live for this night the way Mel Kiper lives for the NFL draft, the way...
The Pittsburgh Brewing Co. announced the ntroduction of two new packaged draft beers -- Classic Draft and Classic Draft Light. According to Pittsburgh Brewing Co. president Jack Isherwood, the new brands are the first draft beers to be brewed specifically for consumers in the Pennsylvania area. "While other...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Starting Tuesday The Gazette will take a daily look at who is available at each position in the upcoming draft as well as each team's needs. What do Michael Vick, Steve Hutchinson and Dominic Raiola have in common? Other than the future...
Game On! Debating the NFL draft The NFL draft is two Saturdays away, and it's as much a time for trepidation as anticipation. Today at USA TODAY's Game On! Blog, our draft debate argues the wisdom of risking a first-round pick on...
Draft countdown In counting down toward the NBA draft, USA TODAY asked for readers' suggestions on who we might have missed in our voting for the NBA's biggest draft bust ever. Well, we were listening. The opinions ranged...
A sports Connect item on page Sports 1 Friday contained misleading information and conclusions about the Colorado College hockey team and the NHL draft. The Central Scouting Bureau rankings for the 2000 NHL draft include only draft-eligible players. Four of CC's five draft-eligible players and recruits were ranked at...
In the time it takes to complete the first round of today's baseball amateur draft, three selections are made in the NFL Draft. Baseball's draft, conducted by a conference call, is a blur. Teams get 60 seconds to make a pick. Most barely use 30 seconds. In...
WASHINGTON -- Rumors of a secret plan to reinstate the draft are churning across the Internet, worrying some in Congress and even coloring the presidential campaign, but senior Pentagon personnel officials and Army officers insist that there is no need for a draft - - and that they do not...
Last year, Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.) and Rep. Charles Rangel (D- N.Y.) introduced bills calling for reinstatement of the military draft. A far more descriptive term for the military draft is government confiscation of labor services, but keeping with the spirit of euphemistic obfuscation, I'll stick to the term draft....
A LACKLUSTER NBA Finals hasn't deterred ESPN, which is planning a full-scale blitz on Thursday's NBA Draft. Much like the NFL Draft, the NBA Draft seems to be covered more thoroughly every year. This year, ESPN will feature live video conferencing, a draft preview show and a contribution from nearly...
WASHINGTON -- The United States' uneven record in Iraq has kindled a small but persistent push to reinstitute the military draft, a politically charged idea that hasn't been seriously considered since the end of the Vietnam War. Yet despite denials from the White House that a draft is...
THERE MUST BE some sort of chemical in Mel Kiper Jr.'s hair. It's the only way to explain it. The NFL Draft is addictive. More than the NBA Draft, more than the NHL Draft and way more than the Major League Baseball...
NBA scouts apparently aren't the only ones enamored with Randy Foye, Villanova's senior guard who is expected to be a top-10 pick in tonight's NBA draft. The analysts on ESPN are also impressed with not only Foye, but also his Villanova teammate Kyle Lowry. This is the fourth year...
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The movement to draft Gore for President continues to gain momentum as Draft Gore is about to launch its first round of television advertising on Friday.
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