Word: platooner
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This year Human Genome Sciences won sweeping rights to future products based on a gene known as CCR5. The protein it encodes has emerged as a promising target for anti-AIDS drugs. That rankles Christopher Broder, who, along with a platoon of other scientists, nailed down the link between CCR5 and AIDS. Why, Broder asks, should Human Genome Sciences profit from their hard work...
...carrying huge flags, takes the form of team competitions. Judges score teams based on the sharpness of their moves, their appearances and form. Sometimes they escape military confines to march for football games or the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year parade. The drill team competes as a larger platoon or a squad at MECs. A drill sergeant inspects the midshipmen to test if their uniforms are well groomed, how attentive they are--as in no slouching--and their overall appearance. They must also execute such moves as a left face, right face or march column left...
...Maybe not. Certainly, this was an Army that hadn't done much weeding out. Our platoon had lost only 9 out of 49, mostly due to injury or illness, and everyone who'd worked on themselves even a little was still around for the end. None of the portentous threats we'd heard all along, like the one about the drill sergeants axing some unsuspecting soul the day before graduation, were ever carried out, and our PT sluggards never lacked for second chances (or third or fourth or fifth ones) to clear the bar. Oh, the toothlessness...
...strong sprinting corps and a resurgent diving platoon, the Crimson made sure to send a message to the visitors...
...misunderstanding and misinterpretation as well. It offers no way of dealing with the issue of an individual's sexual orientation once it surfaces. As in the Winchell case, the rumors about his sexual orientation started when he went to a gay club in Nashville with another member of his platoon. While later testimony confirmed Winchell's homosexuality, heterosexuals can, and have, attended gay clubs. His sergeant informally investigated the matter of Winchell's sexual orientation but only came up with suspicions and no concrete evidence. Yet he did nothing to protect Winchell from harassment by his peers. Such harassment...