Word: drilled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cretans-went down to the sea by preference. For thousands of years their galleys and potbellied cargo ships plied the Mediterranean, generally sticking close to the shore, where they often sank in shallow water. The wrecks lie there still, while bright fish swim around their leaden anchors and mollusks drill holes in marble columns packed into their holds...
...never stopped gambling. In 1940 he took over a 14,000-acre lease from the Texas Co. and agreed to drill 200 wells on it (at an average cost of $50,000 a well). Texaco's geologists doubted that he could even make interest on his $10 million investment. Instead, he netted $15 million. Following his gambler's instinct, he wanted to spread the risk of the oil business by going into other fields. He chose insurance companies first, since they are not taxed on part of their income. He bought Reserve Loan Life in Indiana, Atlantic Life...
Under the program worked out by this committee, a student would begin ROTC training with his sophomore year. He would take the summer drill between his sophomore and junior years...
...additional six weeks of camp, the cadet would learn map reading, the manual of arms, and practice foot drill, command, and manual subjects...
Bruce Munro, Admittedly worried about the game, has held practice in the mud for the past two days, but has not been able to get in full-scale scrimmages because of drill conflicts and bad playing conditions...