Word: brasses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...everyone here is thrilled to find themselves in the target zone. Disgruntled locals argue that the Air Force brass should at least have blushed and stammered for a moment when they admitted that the Patriots hadn't worked in the Gulf War after all; it was only the Pentagon propaganda about them that worked. As we now know, most of the Patriots, like most of the Scuds they were aimed at, fluttered harmlessly to earth. Hence the suggestion, from the disgruntled faction, that instead of upgrading the Patriots, the military should upgrade its propaganda machine until it's capable...
...that the military hasn't been taking some impressive safety measures of its own. In December the relevant brass declared that the area within a 9,000-ft. radius of the proposed launch site would have to be cleared of civilians. When it was pointed out to them that 23 families live within 6,500 ft. of the launch site, the brass deftly removed them from harm's way--by revising the "clear zone" radius downward...
...book, Ground Zero, that 64% of the Air Force personnel responding to a Roper Poll of Gulf War units reported sexual activity in their squads. Not that it bothered them: 77% of the Roper respondents said it had little or no effect on readiness for battle. Yet the brass has been unconvinced, especially when fraternization--the extracurricular association of officers with enlisted personnel--was involved. Fraternization was outlawed even when it referred primarily to poker games between lieutenants and grunts. Today commanders face nightmare scenarios of officers using rank to extort sex, of favoritism and jealousy eating away...
...defeated amendments, fearing they would puncture the hard-fought consensus reached after months of negotiations. House Transportation Committee chairman Bud Shuster, a major fan of highway construction, sought to boost the $125 billion budget agreement for highway improvement and construction by about 10 percent. The GOP's top brass joined in the fray, siding with the White House and twisting enough arms to defeat the amendment by a slim 216 - 214 margin. After the House passed the bill, Trent Lott managed to block the cigarette tax proposal by Sen. Orrin Hatch and Sen. Edward Kennedy, warning that he would pull...
...Wildcats out of their respective basketball basements. The once-dynastic Celtics, 15-67 last year under M.L. Carr, need those talents badly. Pittino's first priority will be to keep Celtics legend Larry Bird in town. Bird, who has repeatedly complained about the lack of decision making among Celtics brass, has been offered a reported $4.5 million per year plus part ownership to coach the Indiana Pacers...