Word: brasses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...solution," as usual, only papered over again South Viet Nam's myriad divisions. Even as it was being signed, word spread that a new coup of junior officers was becoming increasingly jealous of the Young Turks' swift promotions. Inevitably, they were dubbed "Baby Turks." Some of the brass, frustrated in their desire for power, were flirting with the Buddhists, who in turn kept up their own campaign to overthrow Huong. Once again the talk of coup was on every...
...Turks, their historic enemies, in the Cyprus dispute, and Podgorny was all smiles and promises. "You ask, and we give you everything," he said, "investments, financing and Cyprus support." Scarcely a month before, another Presidium luminary, Aleksandr Shelepin, had breezed into Cairo to reassure Nasser that the new brass would honor Nikita's commitment for $280 million in credit to fuel Egypt's new five-year plan. Moscow in recent weeks has been sidling up to Pakistan too, using as bait support against India over Kashmir...
...that one highly adaptable plane could be developed to meet the demands of each. But that was where the agreement ended: McNamara awarded the contract for building the plane to the General Dynamics Corp., which had submitted proposals for a more costly and, in the eyes of the military brass, less efficient aircraft than one designed by Boeing. There were all sorts of charges of political skullduggery; outspoken unhappiness with McNamara's decision was partly instrumental in the failure of Admiral George W. Anderson Jr. to win reappointment as Navy chief of operations...
Present at Texas' Carswell Air Force Base for the flight were all sorts of brass, including Air Force Secretary Eugene M. Zuckert. All professed themselves pleased as punch. But there were outside complaints that the F-111 was costing much more than originally planned, that it was too heavy for aircraft carrier use, and that it was full of bugs-as proved by the flap failure...
...much? Yes, but it's meant to be. Like Doctor No and From Russia with Love, the two previous Bond bombshells, this picture is a thriller exuberantly travestied. No doubt Goldfinger's formula for box-office gold contains entirely too much brass, but who cares? In scene after scene Director Guy Hamilton has contrived some hilariously horrible sight gags. Item: a gangster Goldfingered for liquidation is taken for a ride to the nearest junkyard, where car and contents are seized by a giant claw, dropped into a mighty mangle and ruthlessly crushed into a small square bale...