Word: commandeer
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Chen Lu, 16, is the first skater of consequence to come out of China. Born into a family of athletes - her father was a member of the national hockey team - she nonetheless learned much about her art from videotapes. She has a liquid style and a command of the ice beyond her years. So far, she has proved to be no more than competent at the crucial jumps, and at times her programs have been more dutiful than sparkling. But this is a newcomer to international competition, emerging from a country with no skating tradition. She has gained experience...
More important, but thankfully vague at this point, is whether the scandal has hobbled Clinton's ability to command public support in a crisis. When a President, like Bush before the Gulf War, seeks public approval for a life- threatening mission with an argument that finally relies on a plea to "Trust me, you elected me," this is no trifling question...
...safety and took refuge for 70 days with friends and then in an apartment in town. When they returned -- after the fire in April that killed more than 70 Davidians -- they found bullets in their home and the place overrun by FBI agents, who had used it as a command post. Now, months later, they still drive 100 miles a week to take their daughter, who remains traumatized by the events, to a therapist. "It won't be over for us till there are no more Davidians," says Robert Spoon...
Blacks will have to be integrated into alllevels of government, Zimmerman told the BostonGlobe yesterday. "One has to think not just abouttaking power at the top, but taking command of allthe levers of power, particularly the civilservice...
...shook his head, shifted to regather command over the 15-pound bag of hamburger meet in his left hand and the 24-pack of Bud in his right, and shot one of those I'm-going-to-say-something-really-profound-looks straight...