Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...example, all parties to the Cyprus dispute remain antagonistic toward the U.S. The Greeks are angered because the U.S. long supported the deposed right-wing junta and did not act to stop the Turkish invasion of Cyprus; in protest, the new Greek government pulled out of the NATO military command. The Turks are furious because the U.S. cut off military aid after they invaded Cyprus; they have threatened to close U.S. bases in Turkey. At the Ford Administration's urging, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted by a margin of 9 to 7 last week to recommend a resumption...
...talk about policy in Europe, Latin America, China and the Soviet Union. One purpose of Ford's speech will be to demonstrate that the U.S. is certainly not "resigning from the world" (as he put it earlier). Another will be to show to the world that he is in command of U.S. foreign policy. Unlike Nixon, Ford came to office with little experience in foreign affairs, and has had to rely on Kissinger for impetus and direction. Yet, as one high U.S. official puts it, "only the President can provide leadership," particularly the kind that will reassure U.S. allies that...
...associates in Athens, promised Jackie both his villa on the French Riviera and a hacienda in Mexico. But Christina will surely take over the family's regal penthouse on Avenue Foch in Paris and the 500-acre Skorpiós; the day after the funeral, she took command of the 325-ft. yacht that bears her name by informing the captain and crew that their jobs were all secure...
THESE LAPSES, however, seem less important beside Kaplan's achievement. A first-time author, she may need to polish her technique, but she already has at her command no meager arsenal of short-story writing equipment. Above all, these stories display her sure handed ability to sketch character in a few lines of dialogue and her understanding of the delicate juggling act an individual must perform to balance the sharing of other people's lives with the need for one's own private existence...
...champion was in command throughout and looked as if he could end the fight at any point as the slow-moving Wepner plodded through the ring throwing off-the-mark punches at his classier target...