Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that time, almost 25 minutes had passed -- and the Serb had died in a vehicle finally sent by his command. Angered by the loss and fueled by slivovitz, the plum brandy that is ubiquitous here, the remaining Serbs turned on the Canadians. "There were about four guys," said Petrokilis. "They ordered two of our guys out of the checkpoint and the other nine out of the bunker. Everyone was taken outside in a group. None of our guys knew what the - Serbs were saying, but their gestures were aggressive and angry. They fired to the left and to the right...
...theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and husband of the glamorous dramatic soprano Anja Silja -- was nearly unknown in the U.S. Among the few who were aware of him, he was regarded as a workmanlike German kapellmeister with a suspicious fondness for 20th century music, and certainly an odd choice to command an orchestra whose past conductors had included such doughty maestros as Artur Rodzinski, Erich Leinsdorf and George Szell...
...know firsthand how hard and how devotedly and sincerely the staff functioned--way beyond the call of ordinary employees--a truly extraordinary group who gave freely of their time and knowledge and, most importantly, were able to inspire others and command respect...
...neither chocolate bars nor whips but a glass of champagne at the Kremlin party staged by reformers, which collapsed when the polls turned against them. Early the next morning, still pulsing with energy after a sleepless night, a euphoric Zhirinovsky attended a press conference at his party's command post in a dilapidated Moscow building near the KGB's former headquarters. He had not bothered to change his clothes...
...what you can't, because I can't arrest you, and I'm not going to put the FBI on you, but you're goddam sure going to serve, I'll tell you that." Russell knew he was beaten and finally replied, "I'm at your command, and I'll do anything . . . where the country is involved." Johnson hammered him again: "You're going to be at my command as long as I'm here...