Word: forme
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Graduates of the academies may form only 11% of the corps of commissioned officers on active duty in the armed forces (10% in the Army, 17% in the Navy, 9% in the Air Force), and the military may be getting steadily more democratic. But a man wearing the heavy and instantly recognizable class ring of one of the academies starts with a tremendous advantage. Fully 43% of the Army's generals are West Point "ringknockers"; 56% of the Navy's admirals went to Annapolis; 34% of the Air Force's generals attended one of the academies. Says...
...slight (5 ft. 9 in., 140 Ibs.), mild-mannered fourth classman, or freshman. Verr's troubles began last August while he was attending "Beast Barracks," the summer of rigorous training and hazing given to incoming plebes (a word derived from plebeians). Verr was subjected to a traditional form of harassment: upperclassmen ordered him not to put certain foods on his tray, or made him sit at attention while others ate. After going hungry for two days, Verr had tears in his eyes as he left the dining hall. When an upperclassman demanded, "Mister, what are you crying about?" Verr...
...This is where reality ends," intones an artful codger togged up as old Father Time. Indeed, for the visitors he greets, the mundane is exorcised for a few hours by a free-form fantasia of mummers, monsters and midgets, pirouetting puppets and Barnum spoofery. All this is encased in The World of Sid & Marty Krofft, a spectacular amusement center that opened last week in Atlanta...
John P. Marquand, assistant dean of the College and a member of the ad board, said yesterday the proposal is still in "embryonic form," and will certainly change before it reaches the Faculty for final consideration next fall...
...Boston Red Sox recaptured some of their pennant winning form last night, as they trounced the first-place New York Yankees...