Word: command
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...magic of the new technology is that it allows the candidate to identify and respond to the demands of the electorate as never before. At the push of a button, he can command a list of the names of voters who support him-and thus require only his limited attention-or a "sway" list of independent and undecided voters, who should get more of his time. Properly programmed, the computer can identify subgroups by occupation, ethnic origin, even hobbies, then dispatch "personal" letters, circulars or telephone messages as needed. Surveys have shown that personal messages, even when identified as coming...
When Nixon called all of his top advisers to a climactic conference at Camp David, Connally clearly was second-in-command. Nixon laid out the problem in a crisp, 20-minute talk; Connally detailed the steps. Action would have to be fast. A dramatic impact was deliberately sought. "Much of the problem was psychological; much of the solution had to be psychological," Connally recalled. So Nixon went on TV on Aug. 15 to announce the historic policy shift to controls. He followed with the outlines of his longer-lasting Phase II machinery three months
STOP. KEEP RIGHT. NO U-TURN. The signs along U.S. highways seem to speak in a stern and unalterable language of command. But the fact is that they are constantly subject to testing and revision; and now, after more than six years of psychological and engineering research, the U.S. Department of Transportation is unveiling a whole new set of them. Some of the new signs are already up, but three years will pass before all of them are installed...
...Mexican police had sought to link Hyland with nine alleged members of a revolutionary group known as Command Armado del Pueblo (People's Armed Command) who were seized at about the same time. Hyland said yesterday that one of the nine had died in prison. The remaining eight will face trial in the next few months, he added...
Such sentiments do not lend themselves to poetic eloquence. There is one performance of shining distinction, that of Despo (stage name of Greek Actress Despo Diamantidou) as a revolutionary virago. She possesses an implacable authority that would make a top sergeant blench. With Despo in command, Genet's war might have ended in five minutes rather than five hours...