Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...moved quickly and adroitly to consolidate his relations with Argentina's generals. The separate commands of the armed forces were abolished shortly before the inaugural. Perón now is in direct command of the entire military, a position that should allow him to suppress any potential revolt before it gets very far. He also launched "Operation Dorrego," a flood-relief project in which army units worked with Peronist youth to reclaim lands ruined by disastrous floods earlier this year. Significantly, a "provisional council" has been set up and is charged with "ideological purification" of the Justicialist Party. What...
Superintendent of Schools Alflorence Cheatham, whom the CCA brought to Cambridge from Chicago in 1972, appears to command the support of a majority of the new committee...
...start of the second half brought back unpleasant memories, as the Tigers again scored the first time they had their hands on the ball. A successful two point conversion after the touchdown appeared to put Princeton in command...
...talked to McLaren and Griswold and suggested that the appeal be delayed, although he did not tell them of the White House orders. They agreed. Kleindienst then insisted on an immediate meeting with Mitchell. He told Mitchell flatly that he would resign rather than carry out Nixon's command, and that Mitchell should tell Nixon this. McLaren and Griswold also would resign, Kleindienst suspected, rather than drop the suit at Nixon's behest. Within a couple of days Mitchell told Kleindienst: "I've talked to your friend [Nixon]. He says do anything you want on antitrust cases...
...current liberal majority on the city council (already shaky because of Henry Owen's irresponsible behavior) is broken and the Independents regain command, it is very unlikely that any form of rent control would survive. Similarly, hopes for controlling high-profit, high-rise development and preserving existing neighborhoods would be shattered. Another important question is whether the council and city manager will begin to exert some authority over a police department that is growing increasingly arrogant and unruly. The Independents have shown little sensitivity to the problems of Cambridge and even less capacity to deal with these problems...