Word: drilling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Year and a half ago two veteran Oklahoma oil men put a fancy new, aluminum-colored portable rotary drilling rig on display at the International Petroleum Exposition in Tulsa, Okla. It attracted little attention. Then the rig's attendants began to drill. At 540 feet they struck oil. Surprised, they capped the hole, turned the oil well over to Tulsa County...
...Rome some 300 uniformed Fascist youths, returning from afternoon drill, broke ranks and demonstrated violently in front of the Soviet Embassy. Most Italian papers were cautious in their comments but Il Telegrafo, organ of Foreign Minister Count Ciano, disapprovingly observed, "In the great Nordic plain of the Continent the wolves are having their...
...advised to "take 20, easy," which means over a quarter-mile at blotter than hair-speed. Then, gracious Mr. Ulen, in his most condescending manner, will "permit" you to swim ton laps with your feet strapped-- to build up the arms. The first two always feel grand. Sprint drill may follow, which means several full speed 25's or 50's, and after that Half sometimes advises ten more "easy" to loosen you up again. The practice is concluded by some of the boys kicking a few laps and others just jumping in for a quick dip. You see, they...
...Varsity, with only two more drills left before the opening game with a tough Tech team Tuesday evening, has been spending the week in drill on fundamentals interspersed with intra-squad scrimmages...
...HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 23--Coach Ducky Pond sent a confident band of Eli gridmen through an impressive passing drill here this afternoon. Fred Burr and Ted Harrison were landing their tosses into the arms of receiver after receiver, and Yale hopes of springing an upset on favored Harvard rose...