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...academy's cocky flyboy culture at fault for its continuing woes? Or were wrong signals sent by the chain of command? Or both? Senator Allard has publicly identified Brigadier General S. Taco Gilbert III, the commandant of cadets, as a "common thread" in reports of women victims who felt they were treated punitively or indifferently. For the academy superintendent, Lieut. General John R. Dallager, a combat pilot with 600-plus hours' flying over hot spots like Southeast Asia and Bosnia--and the father of three daughters in the military--the scandal has been devastating. "There is a power relationship...
...whole production is tinted with a dark thread of violence, mostly manifested in Ulysses himself, but clearly felt by everyone on stage as well as in the audience. Maintaining this theme is no easy task, and Derrah handles it with a firm and deep stoicism...
According to witnesses, her cuts had pieces of black thread from her dress ground into them...
...common thread of the exhibit is the changing relationship between stylistic form and practical function...
There are always some colorful details thrown in about the origins of the money. Sometimes it’s a payoff from an outgoing government, sometimes it’s an over-invoiced government contract. Other times it’s pure graft. The only common thread is that the money does not belong to him, which is the very reason he needs to get it into a foreign account quickly...