Word: commandeering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...conducted on a higher level. Two recent examples of deplorable sharp practice: 1) the attempt to exploit politically the natural desire of parents and wives to have our soldiers brought home as soon as possible ; 2) spreading confusion and arousing controversy by the nomination of General MacArthur for supreme command in the Pacific. . . . To date, confusion rather than illumination has resulted from this candidate's public utterances. I shall not comment on their good taste. The next step might well be an effort to distill votes from the tears of the bereaved...
...save embarrassment, the G.O.P. strategy called for alternate introductions by the candidates. Both jockeyed for official G.O.P. favor. But the significance of this adroit move, obviously sanctioned by the high command, was not lost on North Dakotans. It was plain that Tom Dewey had ordered no more than the merest routine courtesy to Isolationist Nye, and had given Independent Lynn Stambaugh a pat on the back. This was also typical Dewey caution...
Marshall was impressed by Hodges' work as a trainer and desk general, but he needed top field commanders. He gave Hodges one more test: command of the Third Army. The 1943 Louisiana maneuvers clinched the case and Marshall's conviction of Hodges' abilities: "unbeatable in the kind of command that requires deliberate method, close-knit organization, the kind of mind that nothing can distract." Hodges went to England and to battle...
During the first half, the Crimson was always in command. The first sustained drive started late in the opening quarter when Cowen took Cronin's punt back to the Harvard 31. After an offside penalty had set the team back five yards, Ed Navin, Paul Garrity, and Cowen broke through the Eagles' line for a first down on the Harvard 42. Navin skirted around end for seven more yards; then, shifty Bob Cowen broke loose down to the B.C. 40 to end the quarter...
...December 1943, he landed on Cape Gloucester. He was put in command of a hard-luck battalion which had never been able to work well together. His inspired men paced the attack...