Word: brassed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...winning of the war found the top brass with some personal demobilization plans. The bosses of the Army, Navy and Air Forces were getting ready to step down. When they did, Harry Truman would have some important appointments to make...
...Fifth Fleet's quiet, hard-working Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance, 59, is also a leading candidate. Navy "radicals" (i.e., proponents of a break from the Navy's tradition of ancient admirals) would like to lop off the top 10% of the service's greening brass, lower the retirement age, put in a young admiral as boss. Their favorite, No. 175 on the list of admirals: lean, able Arthur W. Radford, 49, who set up naval aviation's excellent wartime training program, later bossed a Pacific carrier group...
Before the new weapon appeared, the biggest brass in Washington had feared that the U.S. public was being fed too much optimism about a quick end of the war. Now, the chances for a quick end were brighter than ever. But, as a matter of sense and duty, the fighting commanders had to assume that Japan would have to be invaded. Any earlier, easier end to the war would be a bonus. Sound military minds could hope for it. But they dared not count...
...country. They did Weekly stories for sideline cash without telling their local publishers - who might have chosen to run the story in their own news columns. Under the new system, Weekly stories will be ordered direct through the local Hearst publisher. If the plan works (i.e., if other Hearst brass hats will play along), Howey will have the whole Hearst empire at his beck & call...
Deliberately, they wooed the enemy by talking tough. Potsdam provided the lure; the military men spelled out the harsh alternative. Boomed the big brass...