There a junior officer would plot missile launches in case the gunnery officer on the bridge became a casualty.

Here he was compelled to remain in idleness, while rival officers plotted against him and even maliciously assailed his private character through accusations of sexual misconduct.

In this account, senior officers were plotting against the general, whispering warnings to the prime minister about a Musharraf-led coup.

Further, the ship's officers plotted her course on a British Admiralty map that does not show full details of the buoys and reefs in the area.

The military review did not appear to be prompted by intelligence information indicating that Mr. Hussein's top officers were actually plotting against him.

The officers with the slide rules plot the angle and fuse length of the shot and call it over the radio to the cannons.

The report said four officers of the Republican Guard plotted to kill the Iraqi leader on June 29.

High officers of the Government plotted to carry out a secret foreign policy through "private" agents and funds solicited from foreign powers.

What seemed to worry the court most was the possibility that the junior officers had been plotting even before Hearne defied Serrano.

The officers plotted every detail, including when a dean might contact a desirable student to make a pitch.