Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that is what it was, came quietly. When King Hussein, ruler of Jordan for 47 years, left abruptly for emergency cancer treatment in the U.S. last week, there was a brief royal decree, a kissing of cheeks and an elegiac command on behalf of his people. "Achieve for them," the 63-year-old monarch told his newly anointed successor, Crown Prince Abdullah, 37, "a dignified life...
Show me the money. For years writers have been pounding at the door of movie studios to get what top actors, directors and producers have long been able to command: a cut of the profits. Thursday, a small group of elite screenwriters finally walked away from Columbia Pictures with exactly such a deal, one that TIME senior entertainment reporter William Tynan says it's largely symbolic. "It acknowledges the significant role they play in the success of a movie and it garners a little more respect for them." But, he notes, it's unclear what the arrangement will accomplish...
...found a particularly appreciative audience five time zones away, in Beijing. To the Chinese, the Gulf War was a revelation--an introduction to 21st century tactics and weaponry that pointed out, in the most graphic way possible, the limits of China's massive but antiquated military. Smart bombs, flexible command and control, and seamless, high-tech attacks dazzled the Chinese leadership, who ramped up a campaign to upgrade the People's Liberation Army (P.L.A.) to world-class status. The new buzz words in China's Ministry of Defense became "limited war under high-tech conditions"--and China is now buying...
...known for making gravy with such authors as Rush Limbaugh and Wally Lamb. But, says the First Lady's lawyer, Robert Barnett, "for now, Mrs. Clinton is not considering any book offers. She will not turn her attention to that before 2001." In fact, some speculate that Hillary could command well over $5 million if she decides to spill the beans. Why is Regan prepared to pay so much? "The most valuable political property is her book, if she does it," says Regan. "Hers would be the most interesting story, both personally and professionally." But for that kind of money...
...bumped off Steve Day (Kris Kristofferson, right), commander of Netforce, the elite FBI unit set up to police the Internet in 2005? Was it Mafia don Leong Cheng? Nerdy computer titan Bill Gates--oops, strike that--Will Stiles? More important, who is sabotaging the Netforce computer system and threatening global stability? Trust acting command- er Alex Michaels (Scott Bakula, left) to get to the bottom of it all. After a choppy start, the multiple storylines of Netforce rev up smoothly, coalesce and--with a couple of neat twists--hit the finish line grandly...