Stanton took the extraordinary step of drafting a "remonstrance" (later softened by Attorney General Bates) to the president expressing the fear that "the destruction of our armies, the protraction of the war, the waste of our national resources, and the overthrow of the government... must be the inevitable consequence of George B. McClellan being continued in command".
Although Pierre-Paul played just one year of high school football — he had been a basketball devotee — and two junior-college seasons before transferring to South Florida, some scouts considered him the best pass rusher in the draft — an extraordinary but spectacularly raw prospect.
When their own polling tells them that voters regard the Tory leadership as out of touch with ordinary people, it's even more extraordinary that they would draft a speech that couldn't more perfectly confirm the view that a wealthy prime minister is clueless about the daily struggles of most of his fellow citizens.
The $131.8 billion budget was drafted in extraordinary secrecy by Gov. David A. Paterson, Mr. Smith and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; it was packed with new fees, increased taxes and unexpected cuts, and dropped on lawmakers' desks just a few days ago.
Scaf enjoys legislative authority, the power to draft the constitution, extraordinary powers of arrest and almost complete control over its own affairs and the final say on going to war.
Both were Southern men in Ivy League colleges, and both had fathers in Congress who might suffer politically if their sons fled to Canada or took extraordinary measures to avoid the draft.
"The draft has become an extraordinary off-season event," Goodell said.
Toobin describes Souter's draft dissent as "an extraordinary, bridge-burning farewell to the Court".
The most extraordinary unraveling of a player at the draft had just happened before her.
When he was drafted in the fifth round last year, Hayes appeared to be more polished, more advanced than Laveranues Coles, who had the extraordinary speed that boosted him up the draft ranking.
