Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This sort of story was not supposed to happen to privileged children who command the city with their lusty self-assurance; who shop at Benetton's and Bergdorf's, have plenty of style, plenty of clothes; who do not leave home without American Express. But they do leave home. Breezy, noisy, they lope about the fashionable streets like flocks of orphans in Brazil or in Beirut, like the earth's poorest children -- hanging out, swooping into saloons where no one looks twice at the doctored ID cards; the kids' money is good. Don't blame the saloonkeepers, say the sociologists...
...Berkman and Boss take command of a match, are aggressive and make their opponents react," Krass said. "They will get better...
...Spock, lieutenant commander, Starfleet, United Federation of Planets. A big opportunity here. First, Harvard could make a big statement for affirmative action by appointing an alien. Second, the University could be the institution to give Spock the opportunity at command that he's always deserved. Third, rhymes with...
...Loews has always been a family affair. Larry is the master strategist and financier, usually tucked away in his plainly furnished corner office at 666 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, his head permanently cocked toward his Quotron terminal. Bob, 60, an equal partner, a gregarious man with an exceptional command of details, has been the hands-on operator. The unusual alliance has not been broken in 40 years. "We have never had an argument," Larry Tisch claims. "There's no reason to show temper. I don't get mad." When Bob became Postmaster General last month, the partnership was temporarily scuttled...
...Tisch operation is remarkably fat-free. Loews' Manhattan headquarters houses only 60 employees, less than .3% of the conglomerate's total work force. That spare staffing may enable Loews to move quickly when a good business opportunity is spotted. The chain of command is short, and word reaches the top quickly...