Word: drilling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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House teams report for practice on Wednesday for a week of drill before the League games begin. With the second Freshman squad competing in the League for the first time this year, ten teams, including the eight Houses and the out-of-House men, will flight for the interdormitory championship...
When the hurricane of 1938 swarmed over Long Island, it played hob with the oyster beds. That is one reason for higher oyster prices this year. Oystermen have other foes. Nastiest is a thing called the drill, which bores through the oyster's shell, devours the oyster. One active drill can liquidate 30 to 200 oysters a season; a swarm of them can wipe out a young crop. But most oystermen save their wrath for the starfish (good for nothing but fertilizer), which glaums on an oyster, wears it out until it opens up, then eats it. Oystermen fight...
Under John's wing was his five-year-old sister Julie. "I had to smack her-not hard, mind you-two or three times," he confided. "She was forever losing her life belts after drill. A bit of a mess she is-and bossy...
...there is now no trading at all, for "Yankees" (U. S. securities) formerly traded there are all Government-held. Two fire engines block the narrow passageway to Shorters. Throgmorton Street, a sort of Curb exchange for oil and mining shares, is empty too. In the idle House, the brokers drill four nights a week for home defense; by day they play Spitfire pools. These pay off on the number of "Jerrys" brought down by R. A. F. each day. The proceeds buy new Spitfires. Last week Lord Beaverbrook, Minister for Aircraft Production, received payment for the Stock Exchange...
Then M. Hamel spoke of the strength, the clarity, the beauty of the French language. The church clock struck twelve and a trumpet blast announced the return of the conquering Prussian troops from drill. M. Hamel could speak no more. He went to the blackboard and wrote in his largest hand: "VIVE LA FRANCE!" The last class was ended...