Word: brasses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...residency building and some surrounding gardens. When Dahomey won its independence from France last year, it asked Portugal to turn the tiny enclave into an embassy or consulate. Lisbon bluntly refused, and continued to administer Fort St. John as a full-fledged colony, defended by a pair of ancient brass cannon and garrisoned by a commandant and one assistant. The Dahomeyans finally told the Portuguese to get out by July 31. On the day of the deadline, the two-man garrison set fire to Fort St. John and the residency and departed, suitcases in hand, as Dahomeyan firemen raced...
Sixty Hours, Six Days. Penn State's contingent had no need for the word of welcoming brass that the Peace Corps is to be no immature "kiddie corps.'' Arms aching with shots for everything from typhoid to TB, they began studying 60 hours a week on a six-day schedule (plus exams on Sundays) that is twice the load of ordinary Penn State students. In the Philippines, they will mainly teach elementary science, serve as models of spoken English. But to prepare, they are tackling everything from Philippine history, culture and economics to family habits...
...difficulties of putting together a cover story such as this week's on General Maxwell Taylor involve many familiar obstacles-the limitations of national security, the wariness of bureaucrats, the imposed silences on Pentagon brass, the guardedness of friends, and the prudence of enemies. All these are known hazards, and TIME'S Washington Bureau Chief John Steele had little trouble coping with them, as he dispatched Hugh Sidey to explore White House angles, Neil MacNeil to sound out Capitol Hill reactions, and Military Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rinehart to report on the general himself...
...seven times with breathless reports on everything from a welfare hassle in Newburgh. N.Y., to the problems of the Post Office. Though lacking polish and a real reporter's knack for the trenchant question, she packs plenty of punch: a mixture of sass, brass and self-confidence wrapped in a package guaranteed to lure males...
...Yankee front office often wondered whether it had a tiger by the tail. Ford's flip self-confidence and wry, big-city wisecracks seemed to annoy the brass-hats even more than his winning pleased them. "He's one of those typically fresh New York kids who aggravate you out of sheer contrariness," ex-General Manager George Weiss once said. In 1957 he was fined $1,000 when he and five teammates got into a post-midnight brawl at the Copacabana while celebrating ex-Yankee infielder Billy Martin's 29th birthday...