Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...show of strength and will, the moderates quickly struck back. With the support of loyalist troops - notably Colonel Jaime Neves' 900 commandos ("the animals," as the rest of the military calls them) - Premier José Pinheiro de Azevedo's regime routed the radicals, and moderate forces gained command. "The far left is finished," said one top military official. Added an elated diplomat in Lisbon: "I am going to send off a cable now saying that the good guys...
...huge office of the Secretary of Defense fit his large frame better. His reach then went to Sitka, Bonn and Tokyo, instead of across a single desk piled with mail. He used to command 3.1 million people. He now has one secretary...
...problem−since a semiautonomous sub-government in Edinburgh would eventually lay claim to most of the North Sea oil revenues that are counted upon to bail Britain out of the economic doldrums. On the other hand, if the legislation fails, Labor is in deep trouble: its command of Parliament depends on the vote of 41 Scottish M.P.s. According to one recent poll, 30% of Labor voters in Scotland will switch to another party−most of them to the Scottish Nationalists−if self-government is voted down...
...kingdom is not of this world," Jesus said. To Jehovah's Witnesses, who now number more than 2 million worldwide, that is a command to boycott all political activity. Various nations have found this irksome, but few have matched the violence of Malawi's response. During a 1972 crackdown by President-for-life Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda, a Presbyterian elder, Malawi Witnesses were robbed, beaten, raped, even murdered. Thousands fled to neighboring Zambia, which shipped most of them back to Malawi. Eventually, about 34,000 found refuge in Portuguese Mozambique...
...casual relationships. These consumers, to Bloomingdale's profit, go for such baubles as yogurt makers, $30 peanut-butter-making machines, "male chauvinist pig" neckties (30,000 sold so far) and even "Pet Rocks" that, at $4 each, roll over and play dead, sleep and stay in place?all on command. This market, Bloomingdale's has learned, enjoys tasting but does not stand still long enough to savor. It thrives on variety and excitement...