Word: uniformed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...discus throw. In the half-mile event, Harvard's John Chafee ran a close third behind Mark Lech of Northeastern, who was conceded to be the overwhelming favorite, according to Harvard coach Bill McCurdy, and Ron Taylor of B.C. "Chafee stuck to Lech like he was part of his uniform," McCurdy said...
Beep. Beep. A small black box in the pocket of an Omaha business executive emits an electronic hiccup; its owner leaves a conference table to phone his stockbroker. Beep. A volunteer fireman in Rockville Center, N.Y., jumps out of bed and into his uniform. Bweet. A Houston truck driver has a new delivery; and across town-bip-bip-an airline stewardess leaves her restaurant table to report for duty. Bweet. A vinyl-booted siren strutting her stuff on Times Square has a call-in customer...
...least the armies are gone-no one can afford to keep those expensive, energy-gobbling monstrosities. Some soldiers in uniform and with rifles are present in almost every still functioning nation, but only the United States and the Soviet Union can maintain a few tanks, planes and ships-which they dare not move for fear of biting into limited fuel reserves...
...than it was 25 years ago. Now there are many more first-rate universities competing with Harvard for the best available people. Many of these institutions attract the top professors with specially high salaries (the "star system"), a practice that Harvard can not match because it has a relatively uniform salary structure...
Their taste for the beau geste turns out to be their undoing. They are dressed as Free Polish soldiers on maneuvers as they await Churchill's arrival. Their cover is blown when one of their number reveals the German uniform he is wearing underneath his disguise as he rescues a child from a potentially nasty accident. Much small-arms fire and much suspenseful running about ensue, well staged by the veteran director Sturges (Bad Day at Black Rock, The Great Escape). There is a satisfying surprise ending that serves as a neat moral reckoning as well...