Word: drills
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...READY RESERVE will be tapped for the trained men who are required almost immediately (such as troopship officers, Air Force cargo pilots, Army communications technicians). All Ready Reservists have served at least six months on active duty, now are obligated to drill 48 times a year, take field training two weeks each year. They spend the remainder of their duty period on ready status before being shifted to the Standby Reserve (and later to the Retired Reserve), from which they cannot be called back to duty unless there has been a congressional declaration of war or a presidential proclamation...
Unseen ears are the dominant presence in every U.S. home and office in a Communist country. A foreign service officer must drill himself never to quote a source by name for fear a U.S. agent will be identified or an innocent acquaintance charged with espionage. He can never talk shop with his wife or pass on gossip that could reveal a colleague's foibles and lead to blackmail. With friends, he must listen closely to others' conversation, be continually alert to give or obey the service's traditional signal to change the subject: a long, pointed look...
...much of all this Florence understands is another question; much of the information she spews has been recorded by her mother, a high-school graduate, on index cards that are used to drill the child in her amazing assortment of information. "I tell her all the time that words are beautiful,'' says Mrs. Jerome Jacobs, in New York City accents that have crossed the Hudson River to the Jacobses' middle-class apartment in suburban West New York, N.J. Eight months ago Florence was already reading, writing, and using such words as "expectorate." Supplying her with enough books...
Friendly Partnership. The next day Horse Lover Jackie whisked off to watch wide-eyed as 34 red-coated Mounties put their horses through an intricate drill. President Kennedy, settling back in a rocking chair that Diefenbaker had provided for the occasion, talked informally with the Prime Minister. The substance of Kennedy's views came out in his address later in the day before the massed members of the Canadian Parliament, who banged their desks in a traditional salute for Jackie when she entered the gallery, and banged them again for the President when he appeared behind the floodlit lectern...
Joining Hands. The states are trying a variety of remedies. Utah has set up conservation districts, and is lobbying hard for federal funds to drill more wells...