Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Benjamin Pogrund wonders at this sort of fuss. In Johannesburg, South Africa, at The Rand Daily Mail (where Pogrund works as Associate Editor, third in command), decisions of this type--whether to or how much of a story to run, while trying to avoid a judicial run-in with the government--occur every day, and nobody bats an eyelash...
...transfer" of power from the "colonial power"-Britain-to the "people of Zimbabwe." Should Ian Smith or any white Rhodesian at tend, Nkomo and Mugabe said, "we can only regard him/them as an extension of the United Kingdom delegation." Both vowed to "intensify" the guerrilla efforts under the joint command of the "Patriotic Front...
Together the two states command 66 electoral votes, about one-quarter of the total Carter needs for success on election...
...Editor Jerrold Schecter, who accompanied Schlesinger on his tour, "the trip was an opportunity to demonstrate their ultimate weapon: the Chinese people. They did it at every turn, lining the roadsides with militia guards in Inner Mongolia and showing Schlesinger vast tunnel networks built on Chairman Mao's command to 'Dig tunnels deeply, store grain and never seek hegemony. At least for the time being, the Chairman's spirit is still in command...
...that nothing will be talked about as an advertisement. The less memory of slickness left in people's minds, the more we will have accomplished." Example of MacDougall's unslick touch: Ford never wears makeup. One 5-min. piece is a biography of the President, stressing his command positions, from Eagle Scout to football captain to House minority leader. A 60-sec. commercial, aired last week, describes the nation's recuperation from Watergate and offers a new slogan: "President Ford. He's making us proud again...