Word: drilled
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...24—There’s a New Colby now too; people are dropping like flies. I’m starting to wonder if “Ivory Tower” is secretly initiating an intensive boot camp. I’m picturing a drill sergeant screaming in Old Colby’s face:“You did not accurately portray sexual confusion in that last scene! You disgust me, maggot! What is this jelly donut doing in your foot locker...
Bambi once tried to go cold turkey. “Sometimes you need a break. It kind of gets to your head,” says Bambi. She went back to the nine-to-five drill, shaving her legs once a week instead of every day. She became more “down-to-earth” and “reserved.” She stopped being Bambi...
Most of the assortment of players that hurry across the river after class to take a few cuts and a few rounds of Sullivan’s multi-infield drill have long since given up any dreams of moving on to the varsity. In the absence of tryouts or the chance of stringing together enough at bats to showcase ability, the main motivator is simply the chance to play baseball, and have fun doing it. For while bat speed and command of the strike zone may have eroded, the ability to keep things light in the dugout can still...
ABRAMOFF I regret that in the heat of the locker-room atmosphere of the lobbying world, I sometimes--rarely, but sometimes--resorted to language more common to a drill sergeant or a football coach. These regrettable utterances were not directed at my clients. They were usually reserved for those attacking my clients. Many of my e-mails have been maliciously taken out of context. As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend. Nothing could be further from the truth. I have a solid record of years...
...Several days after traveling the uneven path, the President began his prime-time press conference with a few words about high gasoline prices--the same old words: No easy solution, drill more, expand the use of coal and nuclear and figure out ways to conserve. This perfunctory recitation was quickly forgotten as Bush turned to Social Security and proceeded to make some news. He proposed that the system be made solvent by reducing benefits on a sliding scale, according to income. This utterly responsible and progressive proposition was greeted by phony bleats of outrage from leading Democrats, who proved once...