Word: drilling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pennsylvania have been digging at the site of ancient Gordium, capital of the Phrygians, who ruled much of Asia Minor up to the yth century B.C. Dr. Rodney S. Young, leader of the dig, tells how an earthen mound near Gordium was probed with an oil-well pilot drill. Off to one side, presumably to foil grave robbers not equipped with modern scientific gadgets, was the tomb of a high-born Phrygian child who died about 2,600 years ago. The remains of five baby teeth were sifted out of the dust, and a bronze belt proved just long enough...
...Lbuis, after he used a brace and bit to drill holes in 24 doors in three apartment houses, Joseph Bommarito was given three suspended 60-day workhouse sentences despite his explanation: "I was driving along and I saw a beautiful girl. I just had to see her again...
Without O'Connor, Dresser might never have got the Russian drill. The Commerce Department first refused to let Dresser export any technical information in exchange for the drills; eventually, O'Connor worked out a straight cash deal with the U.S.S.R. O'Connor feels that getting the Russian equipment was worth the trouble, since U.S. engineers were unsuccessful in developing a turbodrill that could withstand the strain and pressure of deep drilling. Says O'Connor: "That's where the Russians beat us. They decided that if they were going to drill with mud, they must lubricate...
...varsity football team went through a light workout yesterday in preparation for tomorrow's game with Penn at Soldiers Field. Coach Lloyd Jordan sent the squad through a defensive drill, with the freshman team using Penn's offensive formations...
Behind Russian Lines. One day in 1942 Captain (ex-R.O.T.C.) Hoegh was leading his company in bayonet drill when the division commander spotted him. whisked him to division headquarters at G-3 (operations) and sent him off-a captain among colonels-to Command and General Staff School. He graduated in the top 10% of his class, soon went to Europe as operations officer for the 104th Infantry ("Timberwolf") Division, wrote the operations orders that carried the 104th through to the Rhine and into Germany. He won his medals-Legion of Honor, Croix de guerre with palm, Bronze Star with...