Word: brassed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
That Carnegie Hall has passed into legend. In its place is a brighter, more brilliant performance space whose sound has a sharper, harder edge. Woodwinds and brass now glitter where once they gleamed. At the same time, cellos and double basses purr where once they roared. Carnegie Hall now sounds crisper, although it still retains much of its fabled warmth. In its new incarnation, it is closer to Boston's lush but clear Symphony Hall than to its former voluptuous self...
...buildup had begun last fall when India launched Operation Brass Tacks, a war game that took place along the frontier and involved 180,000 troops. This alarmed Pakistan, which responded by deploying two armored divisions near India's Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir states. Move and countermove began an escalation that threatened to drift into...
...collective reawakening of memory has had its perverse offshoots. One way of rationalizing a war we lost is to assume we should have won it, but the damned bureaucrats/politicians/military brass kept us from finishing it off. John Rambo, unhindered American fighting man, could have won it. If the bad guys...
...Dallas office had been decorated with some $14,000 worth of booty from drug raids: walnut china cabinets, brass table lamps, a 24-in. television, a VCR and stereo equipment. One special agent argued that the furnishings indeed had operational value: they enhanced the office. The GAO disagreed, and much of the property has been removed. The DEA, which manages more than $370 million in confiscated goods, has now issued stricter guidelines on such...
...surrender to the Hollywood Cast System. Roles played on Broadway by sharp actresses of minimum star wattage become brass rings for Oscar winners looking for the Next Big Thing. Though Crimes is an ensemble piece, the top gals inevitably compete for the dynamite scene and the revealing close-up. (One wag suggested that the producers should have cast Meryl Streep in all three roles.) So: good intentions, classy names, and what happens? Crimes is ossified into a movie misdemeanor...