Word: drilled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Throughout the trial, the courtroom was packed with spectators openly sympathetic to Webster. Some of them may have kept busy after hours as well. McGaw received obscene telephone calls at his hotel. "They were so vile," he recalls, "that I couldn't repeat them to a Marine drill sergeant-and my own language is pretty salty." Victory should help him bear up under the insults. But it may be some time before McGaw can collect his $20,000. Last week Webster announced his intention of appealing the decision...
Going into the Army is not the ideal of many, but it is no longer what it used to be even as recently as the Korean War. Military training, equipment, facilities and officers have all become far more sophisticated than ever before. The loudmouthed drill sergeant has largely disappeared, and the Army has worked hard to give a sense of personal dignity to its soldiers. For those with limited schooling, there are countless opportunities to learn valuable skills; for those with college degrees, there is something to be learned from sharing in the experience of their generation. The ambiguous nature...
...mustachioed men excelled at jumping and, while still airborne, slapping their foreheads, shoulders, thighs, heels and whatever else was handy. One jack-in-the-box leaped into the air and somehow kissed the toe of his extended foot. For their part, the girls glided through some close-order drill routines while balancing wine bottles on their heads. Unfortunately, the rhythm of the program was broken by too many interludes of peasant singing and gypsy cafe music...
...Occidental plans to drill 29 wells on its 513-acre Pico property, and with each new start, not only derrick and drilling rig will be moved, but so will the shell that looks like a skyscraper. At dedication ceremonies last week, Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty presented a commendatory scroll to Occidental's chairman and president, Armand Hammer, who proclaimed: "The largest pool of oil in the world lies under Los Angeles. We believe that the Los Angeles fields can be developed to the profit of the city and its people. The problem is one of doing it without...
...tragedy underscores the great gambles being run in the quest for gas under the North Sea, the most treacherous body of water ever ventured into with offshore drilling rigs. That fact not only heightens the danger to crewmen but vastly increases the expense. The sturdier rigs required cost as much as $10 million apiece; to drill a well costs another $2,000,000. Not every well is a strike, nor is every strike a commercial proposition: Continental Oil Co. of England, the only other company that has struck gas in Britain's portion of the North Sea, recently abandoned...