21.   Guides all have military backgrounds and a passion for history and Pearl Harbor.

22.   He happened to be secretary of state but with a military background that gave his views on those subjects added weight.

23.   He has promoted executives with military backgrounds who have been with him for decades, since his days as commander in chief of Electronic Data Systems.

24.   He is an odd man out among top Indonesian officials in that he has no military background.

25.   He liked his heroic military background.

26.   He has a military background of his own.

27.   His close friends, many of them with military backgrounds, began reporting for duty.

28.   His military background led to his acting career.

29.   His family had a military background, he explained, and he was angry about the way some Vietnam War activists had insulted returning veterans.

30.   I thought Arlington was restricted to those with a military background.