Word: commandeer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...makeshift stage before the Minuteman, Buchanan--who has used Mount Rushmore, the OK Corral and the Citadel as backdrops to his populist campaign--invoked the names of George Washington and other colonial heroes in railing against free-trade deals and the deployment of U.S. troops under United Nations' command...
...significant portion of Americans, Buchanan is a leader, and leadership is what Americans want most from their candidates. The art of leadership, especially in a democracy, is not one of command but of persuasion. The leader who fails to consider his constituents will find himself or herself abandoned. A real leader articulates a vision that resonates with his or her supporters. He provides answers to their problems; he convinces them that he is the man or the woman to execute those plans...
...female former executive board members on the council, I agree that the situation has improved for the average female on the council. Our voices are heard more often, and we do command a great share of the seats on the student-faculty committees. However, if it has improved for women overall, the situation for the female executives has not kept pace...
...Richard Gaintner, the chief executive of Pathways Health Network, the parent company of Deaconess hospital, will serve as president and second-in-command of the new entity...
Cindy Sherman, the artist who rose to fame in the '80s for slightly creepy photos of herself in various guises, will now flex those creepy muscles as director of an unnamed independent horror movie. "She has great command of the mise-en-scene," says producer Christine Vachon, who worked with photographer Larry Clark on Kids. "She just needed a little push...