Word: commandant
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Moody's exceptional command of language is largely responsible for the success of these characters and of Purple America. He's got a knack for poeticizing the mundane with a well-placed, nicely phrased philosophical riff, like when Lou interrupts his constant agonizing over the power plant to observe "the sun balanced on the very spot where sea meets coast." The nuances of Hex's odd childhood, when pretentious Billie served him meals with "frozen foods accompanying the fine wines of Bordeaux," and when Hex wanted nothing more than to muse over "the math of [girls'] pulses," are immaculately rendered...
...tells you, "Put your head inside the piano." Now, truth be told, you don't really want to stick your head inside her piano. But this command, since it's being issued by pop-rock high priestess Tori Amos, comes with a certain amount of authority. You are standing in the living room of her comfortably airy Florida home (she also has a place in England). Her bookshelves are crammed with curiously eclectic, historically minded tomes, including Women of Classical Mythology and The 32nd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology 1910-'11. But the big black Bosendorfer grand...
...They said creative black tie, and I took it as a command," said O'Connor, who sported khaki shorts and a green shamrock bow tie. "Given the option of creative black tie, there's no excuse for a normal tuxedo. It's boring and easy...
...Teaching Fellows are, on the whole, a lucky and happy bunch, teaching bright students for good pay in interesting subjects. We work hard and strive mightily to project an air of quiet command. But behind our button-down shirts and corduroy jackets with leather elbows, we are bundles of pure anxiety. Now that classes are over, it may be safe to tell the world what goes on in section from the TF's point of view...
...husband and their five-year-old son Nico. The colonel--who does not want his name used because the scandal might hinder his effort to find a civilian job--was serving as the deputy to Hale, the senior U.S. officer in NATO's Allied Land Forces, Southeastern Europe command. Because Hale was divorced, Carpino, 44, was the senior Army spouse among the 150 military families in Izmir. Hale often called upon her to help him entertain, filling the traditional role of the senior officer's wife...