Word: uniform
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...important thing the nine powers failed to do in London was to make some stipulation about the style of uniform the West German army will wear. This point is not so silly as it may sound. The public relations value of the traditional German uniform (especially the helmet) is absolutely...
...attraction was Bob Rittenburg, captain of the varsity track team, who is making his first appearance in a Crimson football uniform. Rittenburg, outstanding athlete in the Israeli Maccabiad games last year, is currently a JV fullback...
...forms. Zwicker, commander of the separation center where Peress was discharged, pointed out that a presidential directive prohibited him from revealing some details of such an Army loyalty case. At that, McCarthy became furious, roared that Zwicker should "be removed from any command," was "not fit to wear that uniform," and was "a Fifth Amendment general...
...pitched battle on Tobacco Road and in the barracks blows doleful music on his mouth harp to the tune Mother Ain't Dead, She's Only Sleeping. Will's perceptive sergeant appoints him permanent latrine orderly. On inspection day, the colonel almost jumps out of his uniform when Will jerks the wire he has rigged up and a long line of latrine seats comes clattering to attention. Soon Will joins a bomber crew that is almost equal to him. The pilot, who once flew planes "that didn't have but one little bitty engine," becomes incensed...
...program is to guarantee a uniform cross-section of the class in each college. Under the old system, which resembles the Harvard house plan, freshmen in groups of up to 12 could apply to any house of their choice. Invariably 60 to 70 percent of past Yale classes have bid for one of three socially elite colleges, Davenport, Calhoon, or Branford...