Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...often one of sin and hellfire, but there is also a pep-talk quality that has encouraged millions. In his best-selling book, Angels, Graham conveys that quality when he writes: "Because our [spiritual] resources are unlimited, Christians will be winners. Millions of angels are at God's command and at our service. The hosts of heaven stand at attention as we make our way from earth to glory ... So don't be afraid...
When you join the effort with me, you can do everything in utter obedience to me. Because what I am doing is not done at random but what I am doing is under God's command...
...note that the equal powers of the reactionary Upper House apparently involve the authority to block any legislation proposed by the popularly elected assembly. For another, they wonder about how much power the opposition parties will really have while even anti-Communists believe that the Communist Party-which might command only 10% of the votes-should be legalized, although the government argues that it is "too soon." "This 'constitutional reform' is nothing more than a cynical joke," says a Madrid-based member of the 126-person Communist Central Committee. Joaquin Ruiz-Gimenez, a distinguished constitutional lawyer, complains that...
...total comic command is Tessie O'Shea acting like a Margaret Ruther ford come marvelously back to life. Di rector Tony Tanner keeps the rest of the divertingly able cast as nimble as human fleas. It is quite easy to imagine that children will have a particularly happy time at this show, and ditto most of their elders...
...million. But moviemaking costs have risen so rapidly that it is just about impossible to attain special-event quality without a huge budget. Special effects like those in The Poseidon Adventure or Earthquake are frightfully expensive to film. Such "bankable" stars as Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand can easily command $1 million a picture; top-name directors like Hal Ashby (Shampoo) can earn up to $500,000. Craft union wages are up 15% over last year. Even a middling movie can end up costing $6 million, which makes it a gamble: such a movie generally must gross $18 million before...