Word: commandeer
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...refuge for Muslim terrorists? Americans were startled last week when Israel followed up the arrest of two Arab Americans in the occupied territories by suggesting that Hamas, the militant Muslim group that has been mounting armed attacks in Israel and the occupied territories, had moved its command center to the U.S. While the relationship between Washington and Jerusalem is almost never as chummy as the two governments make it out to be, they try not to point fingers and quarrel in public. But this time the diplomatic niceties slipped away in the middle of an emotional dispute about...
After 13 variations evoking in turn Bach, George Winston and Liszt, Rzewski plunged from a protracted Beethovenian trill into a truly staggering display of improvised fire-works for his cadenza. In a few minutes Rzewski demonstrated his command of Harlem stride bass, cartoonish sound effects, and Chopinesque fabric melody, while referring back to Beethoven just often enough to excuse his departures. The conclusion was a gradual rise from the lowest D-flat (tonic for the Beethoven) to the highest note on the keyboard, which was repeated more and more softly and less and less frequently until after a long rest...
Judges and attorneys alike have praised her legal skills, her graciousness and her ability to command the courtroom. And her five years spent presiding over criminal cases help alleviate concerns that she has no experience as a prosecutor...
These insights sustain even the weaker sections of the book; some of the New York stories aren't as well thought out as others. But Peck usually displays a full command of the different tones he employs. The short story format allows him to try on narrative voices that range from the biting to the lyrical, and he achieves effects that recall such very different writers as Raymond Carver and Willa Cather...
...privileges granted to newspapers not only command editors to make their best judgments on what is important; responsible newspapers must also listen to criticism and respond to it. At The Crimson this year, we have tried to become better listeners...