Word: commandeering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Fradd will return Monday to his position as assistant director of physical education which he left on a leave of absence in June, 1944. An expert on physical education, he has served since his departure as a civilian consultant on rehabilitation and reconditioning, attached to the First Service command...
Quite unexpectedly, the Council rejected the proposed Board, insinuating that political intrigue had played a part in the rapid elevation of Byron Dobell, second-in-command-on the new Board. Spec editors, resenting the Council's implication and interference, countered that the elevation was made on grounds of "ability, initiative, service, originality, and sincerity...
Hauser thinks it would be a good idea if General Eisenhower were given autocratic power to command the Germans like an army in the field, with crack U.S. troops to keep them jumping. The Germans would like this, Hauser believes; but since the U.S. will not do it, Germans will turn to the only country who will-the Soviet Union...
...final plea-and admonition-was intended for Communist ears: "I solemnly state today that all armed forces, if they submit to ... the Government, shall receive the same treatment without discrimination. . . . Unity of military command and integrity of political authority are factors that determine the survival or extinction of a country...
...from his gold-and-maroon throne in the House of Peers, he addressed a joint session of the legislature. Tears welled in his eyes and euphemisms from his lips as he spoke not of defeat or surrender but of "cessation of hostilities . . . termination of the war . . . extraordinary measure. . . ." His command to his subjects: "remain cool, maintain self-composure, exercise patience and circumspection . . . win the confidence of the world . . . make manifest the innate glory of Japan's national policy...