Word: drilled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some Earnest Views. "But today, think of the man at the lathe, the drill press, who is earning money which he is putting away in his pension with his company or into an insurance policy. If we today cannot assure him that 40 years from now he is going to have a good living left, then I say that sooner or later he will quit buying insurance policies, he will not have any confidence in the Government bond, and he will not think much of his pension...
Arrogant and superstitious, Harry Sinclair liked to drill in cemeteries or places where blackjacks grew, created a $700 million empire.* Haroldson L. Hunt, who now commands a $600 million empire, was a professional gambler, writes Author Knowles, who got started in oil with an Arkansas lease that he won in a poker game, struck a 15-million-bbl. field in Louisiana after a poker-playing pal had a dream that it contained...
Five hundred cadets will parade today on Soldiers Field in the annual military review of the combined Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC units of the College. The review begins at 2:30 p.m. and will include precision drill competition, presentation of awards to outstanding cadets, and inspection by the Overseers' Visiting Committee. Music will be provided by the 18th U.S. Army Band...
...takers to write stories, paint pictures and compose music. False notes and failed paintings are unimportant in this basic course, which is required for Baylor undergraduates; all Baker wants students to do is "get acquainted with their own minds-which, incidentally, very few people do during a lifetime." The drill team quality of the calisthenics is deceptive. Says a colleague: "His respect for the individual mind is infinite. He has the uncanny ability to see some talent in just about every student, and he will do almost anything to develop...
...Dartmouth study recommends a much broader foundation for ROTC training, primarily revolving around a decrease in the technical, drill-type courses and an increase in the socio-military courses, i.e., Government 180 and the like. The study wants the "nuts and bolts" left to summer camps and cruises...