Word: commandeer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reason is those allied ground troops deployed under U.N. command. Britain and France both have sizable contingents in Bosnia, and they have waved the dangers to these soldiers every time a punitive action against the Serbs is mentioned. Yet the infantry forces were inserted in the first place under impossible conditions that limit them to little more than glorified Red Cross work. The humanitarian mission remains vital, but the troops also provide an excuse for not using air power and other forceful measures...
...gets stranger. In order to send Quittner that mail bomb -- the electronic equivalent of dumping a truckload of garbage on a neighbor's front lawn -- someone, operating by remote control, had broken into computers at IBM, Sprint and a small Internet service provider called the Pipeline, seized command of the machines at the supervisory -- or "root" -- level, and installed a program that fired off E-mail messages every few seconds. Adding intrigue to insult, the message turned out to be a manifesto that railed against "capitalist pig" corporations and accused those companies of turning the Internet into an "overflowing cesspool...
...Allen can have almost anything he wants. After the success of The Santa Clause, Hollywood insiders predict he will command upwards of $8 million for his next movie (on top of the $5 million he reportedly made this year from the TV series). But talking in his TV dressing room last week, in between bites of a tuna-salad sandwich, Allen said he'd be happy with a small token of his achievement. "It's so cheesy," he says, "but I just want a little plaque that says, no. 1 tv show, no. 1 book, no. 1 movie. Just something...
According to another secret memo TIME has obtained, which Perry sent Lake later in the week, Perry wants to have NATO assume complete command of any evacuation of peacekeeping troops should that become necessary. It might, if Republican Majority Leader Bob Dole's plan to lift the arms embargo unilaterally and mount aggressive NATO air strikes passes Congress. NATO could be forced to attempt a "hostile extraction" of U.N. forces, and at least 10,000 American troops would be needed. In fact NATO is already speeding up its evacuation planning, and Perry asked for authority to tell the alliance...
Today, the most frequent use of ASCII art is in "signature files" that students often put at the end of e-mail messages they send. ASCII also appears in "plans" that appear when students on the Internet use the "finger" command to find other users, according to Tarr...