Word: commandeer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...retired from the navy in 1986, was moved to speak out by more than a troubled conscience. Last December two former navy colleagues were denied promotion because they had taken part in the torture of prisoners during the "dirty war." Feeling abandoned by officers up the chain of command, the two admitted the charges against them. Outraged that once junior officers were being disgraced while their superiors, "who are now admirals, with the agreement of the honorable Senate," looked the other way--resentment widely shared by mid-ranking officers--Scilingo began his taping sessions with Verbitsky...
...finally in control of a $2 billion game. For decades they have played, potently, under other men's aegises. Spielberg had Sheinberg and Ross, Geffen had Ross, Katzenberg worked under Eisner for 19 years, until their rancorous divorce last summer after Eisner refused to name Katzenberg his second in command. Now the lads must come of age--be ready to play daddy, not dutiful son, and do their own mentoring. The bet here is yes. Katzenberg was a paternal nudge to the Disney animators. Spielberg has nurtured the careers of director Robert Zemeckis and Amblin exec Kathleen Kennedy...
...bidding opponents occupies the first hour of the film, occasioning some fetchingly naive comments like Benny's description of sex: "It would be like someone was putting his finger up your nose." Jack, too has demons to overcome; a medical student by his father's command, he faints at the sight of blood (yes, really...
...director of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, a police-watchdog group. "Some just slept in their patrol cars." Details also gave rise to brokers in the department, who would organize outside work for a fee. This led to sergeants dispatching higher-ranking officers on plum off-duty jobs. "The real command structure of the department became the detail," says Howell...
...director of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, a police-watchdog group. "Some just slept in their patrol cars." Details also gave rise to brokers in the department, who would organize outside work for a fee. This led to sergeants dispatching higher-ranking officers on plum off-duty jobs. "The real command structure of the department became the detail," says Howell...