Word: command
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...merits of Clinton’s command of the facts are self-explanatory, while the relevance of Obama’s ability to connect with audiences is less so. When I asked a friend who had stumped in New Hampshire why he had chosen to sacrifice an entire, precious day of Reading Period to Senator Obama, he responded, “I don’t know, I just find him really inspiring. Isn’t that enough?” More than four weeks later, I find myself wondering the exact same question. Is it enough that Barack...
...while the cultivation of coca, cocaine's raw material, is up again, the FARC is down - from close to 20,000 fighters in the 1990s to about half that today. A big reason is that the military in recent years has killed or arrested command figures like the bearded and glib Reyes, 59, who was one of the less mysterious FARC comandantes because of his role as media flack. His real name was Luis Edgar Devia Silva - and his satellite phone apparently gave away his location in remote southwestern Colombia, near or across the Ecuadoran border. Bogota has also begun...
...Klein's sentences in particular caught my attention: "She simply knows more than Obama does." There is no doubt that Senator Clinton is very intelligent and shows a command of the issues during debates. But having listened to several of Senator Obama's speeches and read all his policy statements as well as his books, I believe Obama is equally informed and perhaps even more intelligent. What's more, the positions he's taking now aren't just concepts he came up with on the campaign trail because they tested well in polls or focus groups; he wrote about them...
Still, with 23 saves for Richter in that period alone, and a Doug Rogers goal on a single-handed drive from the left corner a few minutes later, Harvard stayed firmly in command of the game...
...tracks prominently featuring samples from the Police on an otherwise “back-to-basics” album. In addition to being a solid post-crunk Southern rap album, Pastor Troy’s “Atittude Adjuster” shines when it takes command of both “Message In A Bottle” and “Shape Of My Heart,” placing these songs of anguish and introspection firmly and successfully in “Thug Life” territory. Nine solo albums deep, Pastor Troy has finally turned his high-pitched...