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out to the car," before they arrived at the Academy. Joe said he spied Debbie on the dance floor, with her beau- tiful brown hair and shapely figure, and asked her to dance. Eventually they got into a conversation as they continued to dance for the rest of the evening. "So, how did you get here?" Joe said he asked Debbie and, of course, alarm bells went off in her head. "We came up by bus," she tentatively answered, fibbing so that he wouldn't try to get her to the car. As they kept talking, Joe said he explained the Honor Code to Debbie, telling her how USMA cadets never lie, cheat or steal. Then he asked her what time the bus was scheduled to pick her up. Figuring it was similar to her college, Debbie said, "Around 2 a.m." "Well, that's interesting, since we're due back in the bar- tour of West Point planned for us." Joe said he never second-guessed Debbie on that or any of The Coles Ken and Dailah Cole were were high school sweethearts from Panama City, Fla who got married aſter he graduated from West Point in 1994. Recently, while riding along in the car, their 11-year-old asked Ken, "Dad, what is the definition of leather?" Both Ken and Dailah glanced at each other and laughed as Ken began reciting the memorized knowledge that all plebes are required to memorize, along with the daily front-page news of the Wall Street Journal. By the way, the answer to the question is: If the fresh skin racks no later than 0100. What are you doing for that hour?" Joe said he asked her. She did some fast thinking and replied, "Oh, they have a her other answers, but at some point, as she continued to dig herself deeper, the deceit became too much for Debbie. She broke down crying and confessed that she'd come up by car. "And we went out to the car," Joe said "... but only to say good- bye and for me to memorize her address and telephone number. I called her the next week, and the rest is history," he said. of an animal, cleaned and divested of all hair, fat, and other extraneous matter, be immersed in a dilute solution of tannic acid, a chemical combination ensues; the gelatinous tissue of the skin is converted into a nonputrescible substance, imper- vious to and insoluble in water; this is leather. It is taken from Bugle Notes, the West Point bible, book of knowledge, history, songs and miscellaneous 'poop' to memorize. Discipline stories Though certainly not romantic, "area tours" are another well-established tradition at West Point. Area tours are given out as a system of demerit hours for infractions of the many strict policies. Col. Stephen Sicinski, class of 1986, might have been in the CityViewNC.com | 39

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