The group has said it hopes the film and other efforts will make Kony a household name and drum up international support to halt killings, rapes, abuses and abductions committed by his group, the Lord's Resistance Army, in central Africa.

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Now, obviously, Drum is right that the pressures to make a profit will prevent any company from being pure as the driven snow.

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Doctors have told him he is expected to make a full recovery - but added that he must not drum for at least eight weeks to avoid aggravating the injury.

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But at the very least they make polling more expensive, since more calls are required to drum up a decent sample.

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Make us wonder if someone within the sport thought they could drum up greater interest in a Pacquiao-Bradley rematch if Pacquiao lost the first bout.

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The New York Post has been beating a drum that the U.S. Census has been hiring and rehiring workers in an effort to make the economy look stronger than it really is.

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