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...years following its 1947 creation, bomber pilots-think of the cigar-chomping Curtis LeMay-largely ran the U.S. Air Force. That changed starting in 1982, when an unbroken chain of nine fighter-pilots-turned-four-star-generals took charge. Which is why Monday's announcement that Defense Secretary Robert Gates was tapping General Norton Schwartz, currently running the Pentagon's globe-girdling transportation network on land, air and sea, to be the beleaguered service's 19th chief of staff, meant more than your average military promotion...
...aggravation is understandable. He is dedicating his life to a field many people, including members of his own family, “don’t really buy.” Typically, the term “psychology” conjures up an image of a Freudian-type, cigar in hand, interpreting the dreams of an anxiety-ridden housewife lying prostrate on a couch...
...Frederick approached her on unsteady feet. She turned and rose to meet him. His breath hot in her face, he reached past her and stubbed out his cigar on one of the turtle’s moonstones...
...smoking again,” Felicity said coldly. But something was uncoiling inside her. He had not been inside her sanctuary for months. “I have told you that I will not tolerate your cigar smoke anywhere in the house but where I cannot smell it. You can smoke in your study...
...Seeking a distraction, he lit a cigar and exited the study. He wobbled down the hall, penetrating into its gloom at an uncertain pace...