21.   The post has been derided by some San Franciscans as a country club for military brass.

22.   The Seattle gathering features The Boeing Co. Chairman Phil Condit, Air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall, Seattle Schools Superintendent John Stanford and other military brass.

23.   The view that the military presence here is a vested interest for America blocks the military brass from perceiving new ideas.

24.   The way things are going at the Pentagon, the military brass will soon be treading on carpets made of natural fibers, with nontoxic backing.

25.   The usual stream of leaks to Congress and retired military brass has all but dried up.

26.   The way things are going at the Pentagon, the top military brass will soon be treading on carpets made of natural fibers, with nontoxic backing.

27.   They also released a letter signed by dozens of top military brass from Russia, the United Kingdom and other countries endorsing those objectives.

28.   Three deaths in one family is enough, the military brass decide.

29.   Political analysts say Lebed is popular among the rank-and-file troops and mid-level officers, while the top military brass are loyal to Grachev.

30.   President Fernando Henrique Cardoso met Tuesday with top military brass and recalled the ambassador to Bogota for consultations to protest a Colombian military incursion onto Brazilian soil.