Word: brasses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...military brass has taken to Spinney's findings like ducks to buckshot. "He is a lousy systems analyst," says Under Secretary of Defense Richard DeLauer, who oversees the purchase and development of weapons. "His work is purely historical," Weinberger told Congress last month. Neither man has met the rebel. In fact, a week after dismissing Spinney's latest study, Weinberger turned to DeLauer at a staff meeting and asked, "Spinney's work is historical...
...think the big brass at Harvard have ever been in this hospital before and they're affiliated with it," said Vellucci...
Graves himself practiced a highly personalized form of intellectual witchcraft. With a clash of symbols and his customary brass, he rejected the Judaeo-Christian patriarchy for his White Goddess...
...hand-knotted silk cord ($495); the shimmering Shellamar Abalone, with its own pearlescent finish ($250) by TeleConcept Inc. of Hartford, Conn. Others are objets de nostalgia: the 1930s-vintage Candlestick ($139) with its separate mouthpiece and earpiece; the Country Junction ($265), which has an oak case and two brass bells...
...every 27 employees, which is the ratio in the Hart Building. The structure, furthermore, shows laudable attention to detail and quality of materials and craftsmanship. Among its features are a 3-in. marble veneer (in contrast to the ⅞ in. to 2 in. common in cheaper structures), solid brass hardware and double-glazed windows to save energy...