91.   Although quietly backed by some senior Navy officers, this was an exceptionally delicate operation to subvert White House and Pentagon policy.

92.   Although the Navy never prohibited membership or attendance at the conventions, most officers, especially senior officers, avoid Tailhook like the plague.

93.   Although the Navy never prohibited membership, it refused to send senior officers to seminars and other events sponsored by the group.

94.   Among the shortcomings, she noted, was that senior officers were unaware of discrimination within individual commands and were failing to respond quickly to harassment complaints.

95.   An executive dining room previously reserved for senior officers has been converted into a room that anyone can use for special occasions.

96.   Among them were four Palestinians including the new captain, Omar Akawi, a senior officer of the Palestinian naval police.

97.   Analysts saw the step as continuation of a purge of senior officers opposed to a confrontation with the West which could cost the country much precious military hardware.

98.   And it opens the door to greater involvement by NATO, whose senior officers have been critical of what they have sometimes described as UN timidity.

99.   And senior officers responsible for setting a new, enlightened example often fall short of the mark.

100.   And not enough of the infantry get the kind of rigorous, realistic training that senior officers say is required to forge soldiers who excel under stress.