Word: recruitable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...actual soldiering is tougher than ever. During his eight weeks of Basic Combat Training, a recruit nowadays is automatically "recycled," or forced to repeat any week that he fails. After an exhaustive basic proficiency test, he enters a second eight-week period called Advanced Individual Training. During AIT, the recruit learns further skills based on his aptitude and interests, finally qualifies in one of 950 Military Occupation Specialties ranging from "creepy-peepy" (battlefield radar) to computers (by which warehouse sergeants now tot up rations). In all, today's soldier gets four months' training v. eight to twelve weeks...
...shame that the Harvard freshman football team can't close its season against Tufts or Princeton instead of Yale. Once every few years the Elis recruit a great freshman team, and this is one of those years...
...segregationist views since he was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1961. Nonetheless, on racial issues he still stood to the right of his Republican opponent, A. Linwood Holton, 42, a Roanoke lawyer. Holton campaigned energetically against the poll tax, on which Godwin refused to commit himself, and promised to recruit Negroes for appointment to high office. But the Negro voters broke with their tradition of supporting G.O.P. candidates in state elections. Richmond's almost solidly Negro First Precinct reflected the shift: though it went 10 to 1 for the Republican gubernatorial candidate in 1961, last week it supported Democrat Godwin...
...they wouldn't rationalize, they did not hesitate to gripe a little. "We've got good men and good coaches," Dockery said. "So does the rest of the League, out Dartmouth, Princeton, and Penn recruit actively. Harvard doesn't tap high school ball players; they first have to show some interest in coming here for other reasons...
...have grown considerably in this past year in this area, as more and more youth see the relevancy of our program and approach, as well as the performance of our members. We recruit people into our club who we feel are active and serious about their politics. We do not expect everyone who we recruit to be a fully developed Marxist-Leninist, but we attempt to develop him in the club...