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...spent too much time around Middle Eastern armies. "We hope for the best but prepare for the worst," said Colonel Advitya Madan, the unit's commander, as he served tea with the battalion silver, which also includes tug-of-war trophies from the 1930s. Then he went off to drill the battalion, which was waiting on the parade ground in full dress uniform, in preparation for a medal ceremony to be held several weeks away...
...guard Jeremy Lin. After a rare long-distance miss from Big Red assassin Ryan Wittman, Goffredo followed with his seventh—and most crucial—three-pointer of the night, using an up-fake to get Wittman in the air, then stepping to the side to calmly drill the triple and put Harvard up by three.Four straight free throws on the next two Cornell possessions gave the advantage back to the hosts, at 75-74 with 1:45 left. The Crimson answered by running an isolation play for the explosive Housman, who after a forgettable first half...
...that of the executives who work for you at your way too laid-back HQ. You're talking atmosphere when you should be talking about front-end operations. Instead, in my Starbucks we have the morning chaos, the lines stretching all the way to the ludicrously heavy doors, a drill duplicated at the coffee hour of 4 p.m., where they've mastered the art of have exactly one less person on hand than needed. Then again, I can't blame the local manager for this parsimony, since she hardly has any room for more people. The place is too cluttered...
...Because I’m fast, [I] stick out,” Barrett said. “The drill instructors like having the best person in their platoon. It helps get on their good side...
...spent about an hour the Wednesday prior to the game,” Jimmy said, “just practicing our maneuvers and gun manual so I actually knew how to handle the weapon.” Yet there was far more to the event than drill practice. Remember, McKinney and ROTC took the initiative in arranging the presentation. “It’s nice to raise awareness that there are fellow Harvard students who participate in ROTC,” Jimmy said. “And especially because not many people understand the opportunities available to them...