Word: tails
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...every two grunts; now the ratio is 1 to 1. Less than one-third of the troops in each Marine division now have combat jobs, and the ratio of desk jobs to field jobs for lieutenant colonels is 9 to 1. Because of this shift from "tooth" to "tail," what is supposed to be a streamlined strike force resembles the rest of the military bureaucracy...
More than two decades have passed since moviegoers first watched James Bond tail a Rolls-Royce to Goldfinger's Alpine retreat by tracking a moving blip across a screen on the dashboard of his Aston Martin. Now advances in computer technology have turned this Hollywood fantasy into automotive reality...
Even on that first scary morning, though, there were a few seconds on the downstream run when six of the eight were rowing in nearly perfect sync, no boats were on our tail, and no bridges were in sight for at least a few minutes. For those few seconds, I felt an unusual rush of completeness and connection with the rowers. I was their eyes, and I was doing the job correctly. I made it into the dock in triumph, experiencing the type of thrill that for me was usually came after a good exam or editing a story well...
DESCRIPTION: Line graph in form of rocket's tail exhaust...
...cease-fire during Easter and the congressional elections in May, but Manila rejected the proposal. At the same time, however, many army officers faulted Aquino for not providing a comprehensive counterinsurgency plan to accompany her tough words. "We are like a dog running in circles looking for its tail," said one general. He could hardly have been comforted by Defense Minister Rafael Ileto's announcement last week that he planned to keep 40% of the military's 125,000 troops out of sight until after the May elections, lest voters feel intimidated. Said Ileto: "If we escalate at this time...