Word: poole
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Along with the news of the new forces level, the Pentagon made public plans for a new military manpower setup. At a press conference last week, John A. Hannah, retiring Assistant Secretary of Defense, disclosed Pentagon proposals for five manpower pools: 1) the regular military forces; 2) a Ready Reserve of 3,055,984 in National Guard and Reserve units; 3) a specialists' pool of 750,000 reservists, to be inducted as their talents are needed; 4) an annual draft of 300,000; 5) a special pool of untrained draft-age men to be inducted in the first months...
Bacteria can even live on paraffin, asphalt and natural gas, says Dr. Beerstecher. Sometimes the ground above an oil pool is greasy with a substance that oil prospectors call "paraffin dirt." This is mostly the fat-rich bodies of bacteria that prospered for years on trickles of natural gas seeping up through the soil. Dr. Beerstecher believes that bacteria can be trained like truffle hounds to find oil under the ground. His proposal: expose gas-eating bacteria to air taken from below the soil; if they grow, it will prove that the air contains gas and that chances are good...
...Pool Tables & TV. For nearly two years, LeMay sponsored sports-car races on SAC air bases, giving a new push to auto racing in the U.S. and at the same time relaxing his command's normally tense pace. Up to 65,000 paying spectators turned up for the shows. LeMay wistfully refrained from driving in the races, but friends jockeyed his $4,500 Cadillac-Allard around the courses. LeMay's purposes in promoting the races: 1) to give his high-grade tinkerers a useful hobby, and 2) to raise money (the races have netted about...
...ball field, Willie had a passion for pool and a form of five-card rummy called "Dime Tonk." One night he played pool so intensely that he missed the Barons' bus when the team left for a doubleheader in St. Louis. "A mile or so out of town," says Piper, "here comes a taxi pulling up alongside, honkin' its horn, and Willie jumps out, screamin' like a bird: 'What you gonna do? You gonna leave me? I'm a pro ballplayer here. You can't leave...
...hottest songwriting team. "This," they say with a verve that is not yet curdled by success, "is the pot o' gold." For Adler and Ross, the magical rainbow began to form about four years ago, when they met in a music publisher's office and decided to pool their talents. Adler's contributions: a childhood rebellion against formal music studies (his father is Pianist Clarence Adler), a perennial playgoer's love for the stage, and the experience in idea-juggling that came from an advertising job with a textile manufacturer. Ross's contributions: youthful stage...