Word: commandeer
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Shortly after overthrowing Chile's democratically elected government in 1973, forces under Pinochet's command began to obliterate vast segments of the country's population. Thousands of people whose political, ethnic or religious backgrounds suggested that they might oppose Pinochet's junta were abducted by the military. Thousands more were abducted by paramilitary groups controlled by Pinochet's aides. Once in custody, victims were often tortured or sexually assaulted. While some lived to tell about it, over 4,000 people were either killed by Pinochet's forces or disappeared while in custody. Although the missing are still technically victims...
Heyman says Warner Bros. "has already got a lot of calls from parents wanting their kids to be in the movie." But, he says, "the good news is it's not a star-driven film. It's the child's film, and the child is not going to command a $20 million fee. So the primary cost will be in the special effects. We want to make all of that as believable and fantastical as possible. Technology is now incredible...
...offensive line is not the only unit with green players. The wide receiving corps will rotate in three freshmen. Patterson, the fleet senior flanker and third on the Crimson's all-time receiving list, will command the bulk of the attention of Columbia secondary...
Tales of treachery at the heart of NATO could help restore a downed stealth fighter?s bruised reputation, but the story may be less than the sum of its parts. NATO has reportedly arrested a spy within its command structure who allegedly passed on sensitive information that allowed Yugoslavia to down an F-117 stealth fighter in March, according to a report in the Scotsman newspaper. Unnamed NATO sources told the paper that a financially motivated turncoat had sold Russian intelligence agents some of the alliance?s Kosovo battle plans, including "detailed flight plans...
...NATO. Russian defense and foreign ministry statements warned last Friday that Moscow may consider pulling out of KFOR. But that wouldn?t be the easy victory the KLA hard-liners might imagine, because while Russia may have threatened to abandon its torturously negotiated relationship with the NATO-led peacekeeping command structure, it has no intention of quitting Kosovo...