Word: drilled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from Hinduism the concept of the endless cycle of life, in which a man might be reincarnated as anything from a noble elephant to a lowly spider?depending upon the merit of his previous life's deeds. As a kind of cultivated escapism for the individual who masters the drill, Buddhism has been dismissed by some Westerners as Freudianism in reverse: a systematic elimination of the ego so that anxiety has no place to roost. Originally, Buddhism was an otherworldly path leading each man deeper into himself?and certainly not into the political arena...
Ralph B. Gates, director of Buildings and Grounds and Miss Mary Winslow, director of Residence, conduct such a drill every year, each time in a different dormitory. A member of the Cambridge Fire Department is invited to observe...
...early morning quiet of Cabot Hall was shattered as Buildings and Grounds held its annual "Surprise Fire Drill" at 7 a.m. yesterday...
...checked on the senior residents," Gates observed. He also mentioned that, since this drill is supposed to simulate the conditions of a real fire, someone should have told the fireman about a girl upstairs with a broken leg who is excused from "ordinary" drills...
...Other than that," Gates said, "the drill was quite successful. You pass." The Cabot girls were overjoyed at the news...