"I say - we can't have this sort of thing here," the officer objected plaintively.

The officers did not object to the boys accompanying them to headquarters.

"There's no sign of them trying to overload their reactors," the first officer objected.

The nation's top military officers have strenuously objected to the prospect of homosexuals serving openly in the services.

"But we can't see that from here," another officer objected.

His officers objected on this act but he seemed to quit this job.

"Maybe it's not such a good idea," the ship's officer objected.

"That would violate Italian sovereignty," objected an officer from the flag staff who had eased over to listen.

"But, officer," objected the voice, "how could they, with a blunt instrument?"

The officer did not object, he said.