Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tournament also provided a showcase for the talents of senior forward Sarah Duncan. Showing why she is one of the Crimson's best players, Duncan, a Crimson co-captain, took command of the boards. She had nine rebounds against Tulane and blocked 11 shots in the two games. Duncan was selected to the all-tournament team...
...Tandy, the deal is recognition that its IBM-compatible machines, which command an estimated 23% of the American market for PCs, are considered among the industry's most reliable and user-friendly. And the arrangement will provide a regained U.S. foothold for Matsushita, which had pulled its made-in- Japan computers from the American market in April 1987 because Washington had imposed tariffs on some kinds of imported PCs. Matsushita hopes eventually to market Tandy's computers overseas as well...
...meeting," he booms into the speaker in a British-accented baritone that is powerful yet velvety. "I want the man, not the message." Poke. A button away, he barks in German, "Cease offers. It is 400 million locked up for the duration." Poke. In French, he issues a command for his son Ian, 31, in Paris: "Call him at the restaurant. Tell him to get on the Concorde." Poke. Now, in English, he asks another son Kevin, 29, a workaholic like his father and heir apparent to the empire, "How is the market...
Despite the world map branded with a giant M, the London headquarters of Robert Maxwell's communications empire is conservative by U.S. corporate standards. Yet there is nothing modest about the man at the round table, his command central. "Captain Bob" coined by the press -- is a boulder of a man: easily 250 lbs., and 6 ft. 2 in. tall. His ruddy face is a cross between Leonid Brezhnev's and Robert Mitchum's. His abundant hair, dyed black, is slicked back '30s style to counterpoint bushy black eyebrows that can appear deceptively clownish...
George Bush's last and greatest mission has now been defined: he is charged with taking command of the Reagan Revolution, adjusting its course a bit, and guiding it safely into the 1990s...