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  • Several of the nation's premier programs were recruiting Finucane, whose fastball surpasses 65 mph from the 40-foot pitching rubber, even though they are not allowed to formally extend scholarship offers until the start of a recruit's junior year.

    Good Counsel's Finucane commits to Missouri Alan Goldenbach 2010

  • But from a recruit's perspective, he said Griffin's candidacy makes going to the school seem more attractive.

    Enough With the Heisman Campaigns Darren Everson 2011

  • Specifically, think about the recruit's first contact with the armed services: a lifer non-commissioned officer who isn't going to put up with a lot of nonsense, and who has savvy enough to recognize which recruits are in trouble and which recruits ought to be in trouble, most of the time.

    Price Discrimination and Profitability, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • At one point, each recruit is made to kneel while an officer sitting on a chair uses his dirty boots to squeeze the trainee's neck while others beat the recruit's back with a rope, belt and wooden sticks.

    Video shows Filipino army troops beating recruits 2011

  • At Arizona State, a staffer plays the school fight song each time a recruit's fax rolls in, often 20 or so times.

    In College Football Recruiting, Darren Everson 2011

  • Since official visits - campus visits for recruits where the college pays all expenses - cannot be taken until the start of a recruit's senior year, the recruits often pay their own way to visit earlier.

    Good Counsel's Finucane commits to Missouri Alan Goldenbach 2010

  • Florida president Bernard Machen wrote a letter to SI.com criticizing grayshirting, the practice of delaying a recruit's arrival until the winter because there isn't room for him in the fall.

    SEC Plans to Discuss Oversigning Reforms 2011

  • EPA A senior employee commented on a new recruit's shoe polishing skills on his first day of work at a shoe products company in Tokyo Thursday.

    Asia in Photos 2010

  • EPA A senior employee commented on a new recruit's shoe polishing skills on his first day of work at a shoe products company in Tokyo Thursday.

    Asia in Photos 2010

  • EPA A senior employee commented on a new recruit's shoe polishing skills on his first day of work at a shoe products company in Tokyo Thursday.

    Asia in Photos 2010

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