Word: command
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...White House, Ford and his wife returned home in the limousine he is entitled to as minority leader. Outside their house, neighbors waiting on the sidewalks and lawn burst into applause under the bright lights of the TV camera crews. A Secret Service detail had already established a command post on the front lawn, inspected the property, and pronounced it satisfactory for security. Typically, Mrs. Ford offered to let the agents use a vacant bedroom. They declined, one adding: "Just go on as if we weren't here...
Tlas is popular with the armed forces in part because of his unflinching policy of retaliation against Israeli attacks. Since 1970 he and Assad have consistently favored a coordinated command with Egypt, a policy that led directly to the two-front assault on the occupied territories on Yom Kippur...
...Aviv military command, however, said its armored forces had broken Egypt's momentum by knocking out 100 Egyptian tanks and driving a wedge all the way to the eastern bank of the canal. The Israelis also reported that their commando task force on the western side of the canal had been reinforced and was attacking targets in the rear...
...Point. The astronauts admitted that there had been mental strains in space. Bean reported that the "low point" in morale came early in the mission when problems with the Apollo command ship's rocket-control system raised fears that the flight might have to be prematurely ended, perhaps with the help of a rescue mission. But there were also lesser tensions. "We tended to get a little short with one another," Bean explained. "It would kind of build up over three or four days. [Then] it would always reach a little climax where we would kind of fuss with...
...Harvard offense responded to the Van Niel goal with more unrelenting pressure on Columbia, picking up several corner kicks as it looked for the insurance tally. With Harvard in complete command and holding a wide territorial edge, the Crimson fullbacks became more offensive-minded and the strategy paid off for the final goal...