Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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However, on Saturday Gill took full command of the regatta in eight races and ended the day with a 14-point lead...
That prospect has made Papa John's cheeky "better ingredients" claims particularly galling to the Pizza Hut high command. Taking its cue from Pizza Hut's own challenge to customers to find a better pizza, Papa John's twitted its rival for using tomato sauce made from yucky-sounding "remanufactured paste." To rub in more salt, Papa John's called on Pizza Hut co-founder Frank Carney, who sold the chain to PepsiCo in 1977 and now owns more than 70 Papa John's franchises, to declare in television spots, "Sorry, guys, I found a better pizza." Schnatter professes...
...have recently been upgraded--outfitted with targeting sensors that make them more lethal. Since the SAMs move around on trucks, they are invisible to cruise missiles; fighter-bombers would have to go hunting for them. Second, after the Tomahawks take their shots at the air defenses and command and communications centers in Kosovo, there is to be a pause of a few days to let Milosevic rethink his defiance. If he stands firm, will NATO have the political will to launch the second-stage attack, with hundreds of planes blasting military targets all over Kosovo and Serbia...
...m.p.h may not sound very impressive, it's a swift clip for a subway train in Paris--or anywhere else. That's how fast the new Meteor Metro will travel when it begins operation this week. Don't look for a driver. These trains are robots, controlled from a command post under the City of Light...
Anyone who loves to surf the Web but has only one phone line will appreciate HotCall, a device that alerts you to incoming calls while you're online. Sold by Command Communications in Aurora, Colo., for $140, HotCall is a small box that lights up and beeps when you get an incoming call. You can ignore the call, take it for as long as 10 sec. while your Internet connection waits on hold or terminate your Net connection. Users must also have the standard call-waiting service from their phone company to use HotCall...