My plan was to do some well-side geology work, drum up some drilling deals, and do some map work at night and sell those.

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He was there to walk the halls and drum up non-audit work at audit clients and non-audit clients alike.

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In the first week of March 2008, he was given orders to report to Fort Drum, New York, to work at the military hospital there.

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And this can drum up a bit of publicity for my work.

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And of course, they have stirred quite the debate on the web: crass exploitation aimed to drum up controversy (and newsstand sales), or work of art that serves to raise awareness?

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"If discussing the problem is something that that will enhance the work product or relationship, then the conversation should happen sooner rather than later, " Drum says.

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He took up formal drum instruction at age 10 and began studying jazz two years later, citing the work of masters like Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach, Tony Williams, Elvin Jones and Roy Haynes as early influences.

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Also at work was an even broader shift: a state that was rich, confident and cosmopolitan saw less need to drum simple ideas into its youth, especially if those ideas risked encouraging violence.

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