Word: ramrodded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cloth patch with saliva, 4) puts a lead ball on the patch, 5) sets patch and ball in the muzzle, 6) taps the ball with a little mallet or some other appropriate tool, 7) trims away the excess cloth, 8) shoves the ball down the barrel with a short ramrod called a bullet starter, 9) works the ball home with a long ramrod, 10) deposits a priming charge in the pan. He uses black powder instead of smokeless (which is too powerful), so each shot envelops him in a dense cloud. After a five-shot event, he is powder-blackened...
...steps on to the rostrum. Truman led him forward. It was the first glimpse most of the delegates-and most of the U.S.-had of the man who, Democratic orators told them fervently, would be the next President of the United States. While Truman introduced him, Stevenson stood ramrod stiff behind the President, occasionally rising on tiptoe. Then he began reading his speech. After a week of turgid oratory, Truman's included, Stevenson's words struck an entirely new, deeply appealing note. Most delegates had never heard anything like...
...Ramrod Discipline. Today, under the superintendency of Major General Richard J. Marshall, distant cousin of General Marshall, V.M.I, stretches out over 300 acres, a place of fortress-like tan stucco-covered buildings, looming towers, and crenellated walls. V.M.I. still takes a fierce pride in its ramrod discipline. All cadets live, four to a room, in two adjoining barracks, kept always in inspection-ready order. Uniforms are hung on racks (there are no closets), cots are stacked each day, rifles and sabers are racked against the walls. The day officially begins with breakfast formation at 7 a.m. From then on-through...
...step was brisk and his back as straight as a ramrod. He passed through two rows of cheering [British] officers, and after turning at the gate to salute them, he acknowledged the salute of the German escort, who by that time had learned to salute...
...days in port, the Juneau went on the prowl again. I was aboard when she left the harbor, riding low in the water from the heaviest load of ammunition she had ever carried. As we put off, a 40-man U.S. Marine guard in knife-edge khaki stood at ramrod attention as the Juneau's band blared a salute. Then, as the sun slowly set into purple clouds and dark green mountains, the ship seemed to relax. A cool evening breeze played across her bow and she headed back for "The Little Slot...