Word: naval
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...grabbed by drunken male pilots. As appalling as the behavior itself was the reaction of the more than 1,500 officers and civilians questioned about the incident. "A common thread running through the overwhelming majority of interviews was, 'What's the big deal?' " stated a report issued by the Naval Inspector General's office...
...President came from the front of the motorcade, thus making it impossible for Oswald to have murdered Kennedy from a sixth-floor rear perch. The physician says it is clear that "someone had tampered with the body" during its extralegal transfer from Texas to the autopsy room at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland, presumably to support a single-gunman scenario. The injuries shown on autopsy photos, Crenshaw says, "are not the same wounds I saw at Parkland...
...found that Iraq remains a regional threat, with larger stores of biological and chemical weapons than was thought at the end of the war. If Bush decides to act, he will want to finish the job in time to reap election rewards. The Saudis will support air strikes or naval operations, but not another massive gathering of troops on their soil. Since coalition members Egypt and Syria have withheld support for renewed operations, Fahd's approval provides an all-important local sponsor and staging area...
Koma B. Gandy '95 said that she, too struggledwith a difficult decision when considering whetherto come to Harvard on a Navy ROTC scholarship orto attend the U.S. Naval Academy...
Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot has a habit of defying the odds. Born in humble circumstances in Texarkana, Texas, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, spent four years at sea, then went to work briefly for IBM. In 1962 he struck out on his own, launching Dallas-based Electronic Data Systems with $1,000 in savings. He sold it to General Motors 22 years later for $2.5 billion. Along the way, Perot has displayed a willingness to use his wealth for heroic purposes -- and a thirst for publicity. In 1969 he tried to deliver two planeloads of medicine, clothing...