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This meant that throngs of green recruits and untested “ninetyday wonder” officers—4,500 of whom were already waiting on Pavuvu when the veterans returned—had to be initiated, fully and quickly, into the ways of the Old Breed.
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
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This meant that throngs of green recruits and untested “ninetyday wonder” officers—4,500 of whom were already waiting on Pavuvu when the veterans returned—had to be initiated, fully and quickly, into the ways of the Old Breed.
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
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More than youre worth -- more than I'm getting, because youre a ninetyday wonder, the guy who put the crap on the grass and sent it nuts.
Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940
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