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...ought to be sealed in a case labeled 'Break open only in case of war.' " So sneers the CO as he welcomes Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway (Clint Eastwood) to his latest assignment in a career that stretches from Korea in Tom's distinguished past to Grenada in the near future. But it is the assignment Highway wanted: top kick of a reconnaissance platoon in dire need of the kind of training only he can provide...
...winner who can outdrink, outbrawl and outcuss any other man in the joint? Of course you have. Have you consorted with his unit before, an ill assortment of the flaky, the surly and the klutzy? Naturally. And do you just somehow know that before the picture is over the sergeant will weld them into a first-class fighting unit, in the process winning their unswerving loyalty and affection? You do just somehow know...
City Councilor Saundra Graham said last week that Sergeant Hussey "has had plenty of complaints against him," and that although "people [often] don't have the opportunity to file a formal complaint," she has heard many informal complaints against Hussey...
...crack pipes (some of them labeled I LOVE NEW YORK). But in some New York neighborhoods, crack dealers are so cocky that they waltz down the street patting children on the head and greeting store owners by their first names, "like they're running for mayor," says Sergeant Kevin Kilcullen, superintendent of the 24th Precinct narcotics division. "Sometimes they see us driving down the streets and wave to us and say, 'Hi, officer!' It's disgusting...
According to Army Under Secretary James Ambrose, the Sergeant York illustrated the point that "no single weapon could do the job alone." What concerns critics, however, is the complexity of the systems approach, which the Army is so proud of. Predicts an engineer with a major defense contractor: "FAAD is going to make the Sergeant York fiasco look like a Sunday picnic...