Word: brass
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Navy brass had feared for weeks that the tragedy of Iran Air 655 would claim another victim: the controversial Aegis system aboard the U.S.S. Vincennes. How could that complex network of radar and computers have mistaken a civilian airliner for an attacking fighter plane? But when the fragmentary results of Rear Admiral William Fogarty's investigation leaked last week, blame fell not on the machines but on the men who were operating them. Under the pressure of combat, Pentagon sources say, the overwrought sailors on the Vincennes misread the radar data about the oncoming Airbus and passed faulty information...
...Empire Brass Quintet will perform classical chamber pieces at the Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, 130 Grove St. Tickets for the 7:30 performance will be $6, and $5 for elders. Children under 12 get in for $2.50 and under 5 are free. Telephone...
...Acton-Boxborough Jamboree of the visual and performing arts 10th anniversary celebration. Taking place at the Acton-Boxborough High School's campus, the festival will feature hot air balloon flights and perfomances by mime Michael Trautman, the New Orleans jazz band, street singer Stephen Baird and the New England Brass Quintet. Permormances Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Telephone...
More than once in his 23 years as a researcher, producer, vice president and finally president of CBS News, Howard Stringer must have cursed the network's top brass. With one eye on the ratings and another on the bottom line, they have too often canceled a news program before it had a chance to catch on. Now Stringer will have no one to blame but himself. Last week, in a dramatic realignment of CBS management, Chief Executive Laurence Tisch elevated Stringer, 46, to the presidency of the CBS Broadcast Group. Though he has no direct experience in entertainment programming...
...deal under which Soviet hydroelectric power will be exchanged for Chinese goods and produce. In April 76 Chinese peasants, accompanied by interpreters, crossed the border at Suifenhe to spend six months demonstrating to Siberian farmers their techniques for planting, growing and harvesting. The Chinese were greeted with a brass band and welcoming banners when they arrived in Pogranichny. The Inner Mongolian town of Manzhouli is talking about a similar arrangement with Zabaikalsk, just over the strip of border that is still patrolled by Soviet guard dogs and marked by watchtowers and electrified fences. Says Manzhouli Mayor Xu Shaoan: "Our Soviet...