Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Gaulle's London headquarters. Named army chief of staff in 1953, he made the final unsuccessful French appeal for American intervention in France's colonial war in Indochina. When Ho Chi Minh's troops overran the French fortress of Dien Bien Phu, Ely assumed command in Indochina, and it was he who announced in Saigon the Geneva accord dividing Viet Nam at the 17th parallel. He later played a key role in De Gaulle's effort to disengage from Algeria without provoking civil war in France...
...caucus has worked its will," he said. "I accept its decision." Hebert, vowing to continue to battle "in the defense of this country" as leader of the Armed Services Committee, said he will carry his case to the House floor. "I'm using every means at my command to fight back," he declared. Any such move would be resented by the controlling Democrats, and Albert would probably rule it out of order. Patman assailed the secrecy of the voting, and Hays said that his initial rejection left him "in a state of shock...
This is no idle threat, since the Democrats command the troops to enforce their program. The 75 freshmen Democrats in Congress have assumed an importance on the Hill that newcomers never dared seek before. Since Albert and the leadership have made caucus king once again, the freshmen are aware of the weight their numbers carry. As long as they agree among themselves, what they say goes. They have even summoned the once imperious committee chairmen to appear before them one by one to state their position on the party program. If the chairmen try to behave with their traditional independence...
...Crimson jumped to an 11-12 lead on the strength of a Bill Haley pin over 134-pounder John Lagnese of Dartmouth. Haley secured the pin at 7:47 after he had been in command...
...Wilson called James Neal, the chief U.S. prosecutor in the Watergate conspiracy case, "the greatest lawyer I ever saw in a courtroom." Wilson's client, H.R. Haldeman, and three of the four other Watergate defendants were convicted at least in part because of Neal's awesome command of the facts in the case and his ability to summarize complex events in a persuasive Tennessee drawl. After his courtroom triumph, Neal, 45, was eager to return to his private practice: "I'm going to catch the first flight back to Nashville-I've got to think...