Word: drum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...York and New England, but he will stop in Mississippi, Ohio, New Jersey, Kansas and Missouri as well. By Nov. 1, he will have visited 14 of the 23 states -counting the District of Columbia -that will hold primaries next year. His strategy at this early stage is to drum up intersectional support and create enough political momentum to last through the hazards of the primaries and finally through the balloting next summer at Miami Beach's convention hall...
Better Brakes. Luxurious or not, the vans-especially the older models-have safety drawbacks. "Up to two years ago," says Brock Yates, a van buff who is an editor at Car and Driver, vans were dangerously primitive. "They had solid front axles, drum brakes, poor weight distribution and were unsafe and unstable. They blew around in crosswinds. But now the car companies are improving suspensions and steering, increasing the power and installing better brakes. They've also moved the engine forward to give more protection to the driver and front-seat passengers.* Now, riding in front is not like...
...military with anti-Americanism. He has a right to voice his opinions. But to dress up and play soldier and to brand and label is uncalled for. Edwin Newman handled the situation with tact, and rather than let Mr. Jessel pretend to march, he took away his toy drum...
LIKE Shakespearean wraiths, liveried figures stalk the night-draped battlements, as drum rolls and trumpets echo to the sound of marching below. "Officers call!" barks the adjutant, and eight black-coated officers, swords tight against their shoulders, wheel in close formation across a floodlit field. "Sound attention!" and they come, the main body of six platoons, surging from beneath a darkened arcade. With all the pomp, panoply and flair that can be mustered, the most brilliantly executed military parade in the U.S. is under way. The spectacle is the weekly Friday-night retreat at the Marine barracks of Washington...
...alternating music from the Marine band, at one end of the field, and the Marine drum and bugle corps, at the other end, the marching companies move in swiftly, line up and fix silver bayonets on their M-1 rifles. They march in quick 30-inch steps, keeping their feet within two inches of the ground in a motion they call "slide and glide." Momentarily, the parade deck is cast into darkness. High on the ramparts of the east barracks, seven red-coated trumpeters, bathed in a floodlight, blow a fanfare. The musicians of the drum and bugle corps take...