Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...then that twisted side of the mild-mannered killer's mentality exposed itself. Why, why had he murdered? "It was a command," he said in a soft, nonaggressive voice. "I had a sign and I followed it. Sam told me what to do and I did it." Again: "Sam told me to do it. Sam sent me on an assignment. I had to do what I had to do. I had my orders. Sam sent me." Who is Sam? Berkowitz said Sam is at the moment a neighbor of his named Sam Carr, but "really...
...shutdown caused by the most serious of its start-up accidents. At Pumping Station 8, 38 miles from Fairbanks, a pipeline leak led to an explosion that killed one worker and injured five others. Interior Department officials last week concluded that poor training and a mixed-up chain of command were the causes of the PS 8 tragedy. Said an investigator: "Three or four people did some really dumb things...
...wedding-day nerves once again, some veteran Olive Ann watchers believe that this time her merger intentions are for real. While still vigorous at 73, she is thought by many associates to be anxious to settle the future control of her company while she is still in active command. With some 20% of Beech's stock held by Olive Ann, her two daughters (who have no role in management) and a nephew, Frank Hedrick, 67, Beech's president since 1968. the company is very much a family affair. But after Olive Ann's death or retirement, Beech...
That dour view of U.S. unions comes from the newest member of their high command, William ("Wimpy") Winpisinger. Last week he became president of the 910,000-member International Association of Machinists, a union that rarely makes headlines but ranks as fifth largest in the nation and third biggest in the AFL-CIO. As I.A.M. chief, Winpisinger, 52, automatically becomes a member of the labor federation's 35-man executive council. There he will be in a position to fight against what he regards as Big Labor's drawbacks: stagnating union membership, growing conservatism, weakening political clout...
During the past year, The Children have taken command over Soweto's schools, usurping classrooms for their own closed strategy sessions and then sending home their instructions for community action against the government through an army of student recruits. Says a black parent: "My twelve-year-old comes in and warns me that if I go to work, 'we shall assault you.' We. Can you imagine that...