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...Defense Department drill, the operation is the local arm of a mock enactment of what would happen in the event of a conventional war enervation. More than 780 hospitals nationwide are participating in the drill under the Civilian-Military Contingency Hospital System (CMCHS), a plan begun...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hospitals Admit 'Wounded' In Defense Department Drill | 10/8/1983 | See Source »

MIDDLE EAST The Quickest War No amount of warning, however shrill, ever quite prepares a people for the air-raid siren's scream. The first wail is always difficult to believe. In Cairo, last week, it scarcely disturbed the morning bustle of the bazaar. This was no drill. In stunning pre-dawn air strikes across the Arab world, Israeli jets all but eliminated Arab airpower-and with it any chance of an Arab victory. By Monday night, the end of the first day's fighting, some 400 warplanes of four Arab nations had been obliterated. Egypt alone lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WORLD 1967: Middle East The Quickest War | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...should drill a few holes down there, just to see," Danehy added...

Author: By Catherine L. Schmidt, | Title: Councilors Say Dump Is Possible Hazard | 10/4/1983 | See Source »

Architecture and design training is tough by American standards. "We have long ago abandoned Bauhaus theorizing," says Hozumi, "and replaced it with art exercises and hard drill. We have little time and much to learn. It takes humility, discipline and sweat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: The Just So of the Swerve and Line | 8/1/1983 | See Source »

...omissions, as well as the additions, make the seasonal comparison interesting. The director's message states that "our summer faculty members are comprised mostly of teachers with a Harvard affiliation," which in many cases means "lecturer," "instructor," "postdoctoral fellow," "teaching fellow," "drill instructor," or a Ph.D. from years before. A large number of the actual professors are the "distinguished visiting faculty members from other American and foreign institutions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Best of Tomes, the Worst of Tomes | 6/26/1983 | See Source »

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