Word: commandeer
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...crux of the matter is that Clinton has introduced a new category of meaning into the English language. Until now politicians could use the indicative mood to tell us facts. They could command their fellow Americans in the imperative mood, or muse on what they might do in the subjuctive mood...
Ditto for Princeton (12-7, 4-3) on Saturday, which has represented the Ancient Eight in NCAA play for five straight years. Although Pete Carril and his Tigers probably won't get an invitation to the ball this year, they still command considerable respect...
...Constitution of the United States does not make any provision for the executive order. Article 2, Section 1 simply states that "the executive power shall be vested in a President." The article gives the president the ability to command the armed forces, sign treaties with the approval of the Senate, grant pardons, and appoint countless federal and judicial officials...
...well-informed expert is Vincent Cannistraro, head of counterterrorism at the CIA during the Bush Administration. "Command and control of Hamas," he says, "is not coming from the U.S. There are not more than 10 or 15 members here, and there is no operational nerve center here." He believes that the headquarters is in Iran and that most of the funding comes from Arab states in the Middle East. Bruce Hoffman, the Rand Corp.'s terrorism expert, says, "I'd look to Tehran or Damascus as the control center." As to financing, Hoffman adds, "My suspicion is that the money...
While playing up the story of the arrested Americans to the hilt, Israeli officials are now throttling back on the larger charges of a U.S. command base for Hamas. "I'm not trying to tell you this is a fixed organization with headquarters in the States," said Uri Dromi, head of the government press office. "But this is proof of the first seeds of some attempt to centralize the organization and run it from one place." Said a senior Israeli security official: "I don't think Hamas is run only from the U.S., but the U.S. is part...