Word: poole
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...heart of the new provisions is a system for "pool coverage," which news organizations have long used whenever the number of journalists at a scene must be limited. Those in the designated pool then have the responsibility to share their notes and pictures with other reporters. According to Burch, the Pentagon will soon establish a rotating pool of combat-ready correspondents who can be reached round the clock if military action is imminent. These journalists would be obliged to keep this information secret even from their own superiors until the operation was safely under...
...Division at Wurzburg received its new tanks in 1982, the re-enlistment rate for those eligible to re-up after their first tour of duty shot up from 20% to 70%. On a more mundane level, members of the 8th Infantry at Baumholder are grateful for a new motor-pool building, which has ended the practice of repairing tanks in the icy outdoors during winter...
...through an unlocked back door, the youngsters discovered cans of paint and solvent, and they began splattering paint on walls, floors and themselves. Then they went to a small bedroom to clean up. They removed their paint-flecked clothes and splashed a gasoline solvent over their bodies, letting it pool on the floor. Then, for some reason, one of the boys struck a match, and mischief turned to tragedy...
...bleachers rose up on either side of the pool on a forest of slender poles. Two young attendants were on station to keep people from passing under. "You haven't seen a scuba diver come through here?" I asked. It was a few days before the diving competition. The attendants looked bewildered. "Could you let me know if you see one?" I asked...
...something. I described the litter. He said it was the most inconsequential thing he had heard of yet, but he would keep his eyes open. "I'm good at this sort of thing," he said. He had once discovered $4.79 in the drain of his high school swimming pool...