Word: commandeer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bringing an end to the clan warfare that has plagued the country for more than two years. He may have overstated the case. Though the famine has abated, peace remains elusive, and the new U.N. force in Somalia, UNOSOM II, will face continued trouble when it takes command...
...groundwork for his own 1995 presidential bid. Mitterrand, of course, has dismissed the idea. But other Socialists and independents are reacting positively. On Wednesday, Brice Lalonde, head of one of the country's two ecologist parties, voiced interest in joining Rocard's grand scheme. The ecologists, who may command up to 20% of the vote this month, could provide the margin for a Rocard victory...
Despite the renewed violence, American officials said they were going ahead with plans to hand over command of the coalition to the U.N. next month. But they are eager to ease tensions quickly, to avoid the embarrassment of leaving Somalia in a hail of gunfire...
Harvard (6-19 overall, 3-10 Ivy) took command from the opening tip, opening up a 10-point first half lead at one point...
...June E. Osborn, chair of the National Commission on AIDS expressed support for the bill in a press conference at Radcliffe Friday, saying it will create a newly centralized and organized command center to "direct and steer research in many institutions...