Word: accustomed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...half of all recent army trainees have learned their basics in G.S.T. courses. Just as important to Ulbricht's hopes of keeping the lid on in East Germany was another lesson taught at G.S.T.: how to take orders. "G.S.T. training," said Defense Minister General Heinz Hoffmann, "must also accustom the young continually to firm discipline and order, and teach them to follow orders of the trainers with respect and without discussion." That, too, had an all too familiar ring...
Little Nibbles. Troops manning the guardposts must skimp along on only four or five hours of sleep a night, live on C rations and accustom themselves to an eerie and tense life during their temporary duty. There is seldom any enemy to be seen-only small Communist guardposts on the opposite hills. The terrain is rough with stumps, harsh inclines and thick, scrubby bushes. Thousands of white herons, pheasant, deer and bobcats rustle through the undergrowth, sometimes tripping flares or detonating Claymore mines. North Korean loudspeakers blare constant propaganda. When American and North Korean patrols spot each other across...
...grave at the age of 66, victim of a plane crash in the fifth month of his retirement. Said former Planning Minister Roberto Campos in a eulogy: "He had an aversion to easy promises and theatricalized results. He deeply dreaded creating false hopes in the people. He preferred to accustom the people to the discipline of truth...
...powerful impact of the canvases--they are at least six feet high and are brightly colored--inhibits an immediate appreciation of the subtleties of the pictures. I suggest that the viewer walk through all the rooms briefly to accustom himself to the large, new images before his eyes, and then return to the paintings for a more extended time...
...traditional way. But now many churches in his archdiocese have a lay commentator to lead the congregation in reciting the Gloria, Creed and other prayers in English. In the equally conservative diocese of Brooklyn, staid Irish and Italian churches have been conducting midweek rehearsals and demonstration Masses to accustom their flocks to the prayers and hymns...