Word: gung-ho
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...Gung-Ho Look. Both units are completely integrated and in the same proportion-about 17% Negro. And there were grounds for grievances other than racial. The Quartermaster Company, the only Army unit on the base, must submit to a midnight bed check, while airmen have only to report for duty each morning. As an airborne unit, the Quartermaster Company keeps in rugged physical shape, has the tough look of gung-ho soldiers. The men of the Supply unit have the look of office workers and the vanity of intellectuals. One airman sneered, "You could take that whole Army company across...
...this overlong first step in the cinematic canonization of John F. Kennedy, Actor Cliff Robertson wisely jettisons any attempt at the J.F.K. speech and hair styles. It is bad enough to hear shipmates Ty Hardin and Robert Gulp talk disrespectfully to the gung-ho lieutenant, but then, they didn't realize he was going to be President. Only Kennedy knew that...
...this overlong first step in the cinematic canonization of John F. Ken nedy, Actor Cliff Robertson wisely jettisons any attempt at the J.F.K. speech and hair styles. It is bad enough to hear shipmates Ty Hardin and Robert Gulp talk disrespectfully to the gung-ho young lieutenant, but then, they didn't realize he was going to be President. Only Kennedy knew that...
...beat brains." New Frontiersmen may not all have the best brains in the world -but they put up a mighty good show. They can reel off facts and figures about complex issues without ever consulting a note. They approach their jobs with a youthful zest that is almost gung-ho. They love to talk of their official travels, always by jet and generally to some far-off land. They may make mistakes-but they make them efficiently...
...this change does not necessarily make the House unattractive. Like Harvard itself, Dunster has become more restrained, less gung-ho, and more serious than a few years ago. Although you won't find many peo- ple wearing "I'm gung-ho Dunster" tags anymore, there aren't many recluses in the House either. Dunster is still perhaps, the friendliest House in the College, and its warmth and openness are not at all obnoxious...