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Word: drilled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Yesterday's practice session was a virtual repetition of earlier workouts this week. There was no scrimmage, since too many of Harlow's possible starters have been banged up in previous contact sessions. A long passing drill saw George Boston throwing with consistent accuracy, and the punting practice featured, as usual, Wally Flynn, Bill Jackson, and Walt Coulson...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: O'Donnell Joins 'A' Eleven As Varsity Polishes Attack | 9/27/1946 | See Source »

...dentist took up a hypodermic syringe "of the type used on brewery horses," and sank it in Author Perelman's gum. Then, he "snatched up his drill, took a firm purchase on my hair and teed off. . . Two thin wisps of smoke circled up ward slowly from my ears . . . [my] screams . . . rattled the windows. . . . 'Don't be afraid now,' chuckled the dentist, patting "the mass of protoplasm" that had once been a man; 'this won't hurt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Looney Bin | 8/26/1946 | See Source »

Hiroshimans flocked to a makeshift horse racecourse reconverted from an army drill ground, and into 17 movie houses (four more than before pika-don). The current feature was one of Japan's first postwar movies called Blast of Love. And for the children, there was a new toy, The Peace Game, priced cheaply at seven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: This Was the Enemy | 7/15/1946 | See Source »

...Angeles concert this week, Cellist Stephen De'ak pulled his bow lightly across a queer contraption shaped somewhat like a pneumatic drill. With no effort he produced tones large enough to fill the hall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Electrical Impulse | 7/15/1946 | See Source »

...only book he could find that fell under the category of "minimum compulsory." Better get some exercise, you can study better anyway--really have to keep in shape to get the most out of these books. It was wonderful to exercise just when you wanted to--no pushups, no drill, just whatever strikes you at the moment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 6/25/1946 | See Source »

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