Word: drilled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...useless for dyslectics, who have great difficulty recognizing words. The phonics-based Orton-Gillingham method of teaching reading, devised in the 1930s, is considered effective in teaching 95% of all dyslectics. Orton-Gillingham decodes words by blending one sound with another into words and requires extensive visual and auditory drill...
...flagellation that we are led to believe makes all other brands of basic training look like the vicar's lawn party. Underneath Zack's sullen exterior, the discerning eye can detect "the right stuff," as it were. The discerning eye in this case belongs to a black drill sergeant, played with malevolent high spirits by Louis Gossett Jr. Of course, Zack's spirit will first have to be broken, a process Gossett undertakes with relish. Then too Zack will have to Learn to Love, which, of course, means Learning to Trust. Luckily, Paula Pokrifki (Debra Winger...
...STORY and the characters are not new: Young rogue decides to prove himself a man in the military. He faces adversity in the form of a sadistic drill sergeant, oppressive service regulations and constant self-doubt. He encounters attractive, good-hearted local gal. She falls for him at the very first base mixer. Commitments, responsibilities and emotions cloud what had once been his crystal-clear me-first world view. The goal is in sight, but the her--wonders whether it's all just another pointless game, whether he should just let them all go to hell--like he's always...
...Stadium a few nights ago, the Phillies were taking infield practice and chat tering brightly. From a 4-and-12 start ("It wasn't fun playing," Pete whispers, a little ashamed), the Phillies had found their way back to first place under new Manager Pat Corrales. In the drill, Pete played first base. Looking around, he had to laugh. Corrales and Coach Deron Johnson, who was wielding the fungo bat, are his old Cincinnati teammates; another coach, Dave Bristol, managed him there and in the minors; Mets Pitcher Pat Zachry, kibitzing near by, was a painfully lanky teen...
...Martins did a brief, saucy Piano-Rag-Music for Darci Kistler, showing this explosive teenage star as a Ginger Rogers in pointe shoes. His longer work, Concerto for Two Solo Pianos, illustrated just how recalcitrant Stravinsky can be: Martins' formidable clarity and order were exhausted by the endless drill of notes. Jacques d'Amboise's Serenade en la had one irresistible sequence: a lighthearted duet for two very short girls (Stacy Caddell and Nichol Hlinka), in which the arms are usually joined but the steps are almost never the same. Taras produced, as usual, a well-made...