Earmarked, good word.
4 seconds sound clip from the Scent of a Woman (1992) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:04:31 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Hoo-ah!
- I suppose he told you about his days on Lyndon Johnson's staff? Did he tell you that?
- I was gonna go. Now I'm not leaving. Hah!
- Frank was earmarked for general.
- Frank likes to spit in everybody's eye!
- So they, what do they call it, when they give you the shaft in the military?
- Right, Frank was passed over for promotion. Couple times.
- You wanna know what happened then?
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