Word: commandants
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Radcliffe juniors were elected first in command of the major Quadrangle dormitories for the 1948-49 term of office after two rounds of house balloting last week...
Boston critics were permitted to view the controversial play last night, along with 200 disabled veterans, as guests of the HDC, in view of the opening of "High Button Shoes," which will command the reviewers' eyes tonight...
Death at Dawn. Leading the Arabs was Abdul Kader Husseini, cousin of the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin el Husseini, and a rival of Fawzi Bey Kawukji (TIME, March 15) for command of all Arab forces in Palestine. More like a rash corporal than an army commander, Abdul Kader charged up the rocky slopes at the head of his men. Behind him the sky paled, silhouetting his stocky figure. Haganah Bren guns riveted bullets in a straight line across his body. Abdul Kader fell dead. As news of the battle reached Jerusalem, Arab reinforcements streamed out to Kastel...
...world no man knew better than Chiang that China's portion was present pain and future hope. He spoke first of the pain: "I confess seven of the government's best divisions were destroyed in Manchuria. They were my best armies-armies that under my command accomplished the revolutionary campaign with glory...
...bright red shirt, was cooped up in the red-roofed Casa Presidencial. It was smart, stocky, 39-year-old Manuel Mora, leader of the Communist Vanguardia Popular, who ran things from the Bella Vista fortress. Last week he reached outside the capital and put one of his men in command of a government battalion which was moving against the rebels from coastal Playa Dominical. His forces had control of United Fruit banana plantations on the Pacific Coast, and were burning and looting. When Archbishop Victor Manuel Sanabria crossed the lines to bring a compromise proposal to the rebels...