Word: commandeering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...debacle for the Soviets. Never has the Communist movement been in greater disarray. Once the undisputed fountainhead of Communism, Moscow has seen many parties grow distant and independent and others turn violently against Soviet primacy. It is not too much to say that the Russians can now command unquestioning obedience only in those countries where their soldiers can enforce...
Harvard units were well-known during the war. Lieutenant-Coronel James A. Shannon, commandant of the Harvard ROTC during the spring and summer of 1917, was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism in France. Earlier, he had served in the Philippine Islands and from 1911 to 1914 took part in several expeditions against the "hostile" Moros in Mindanao. He served in Mexico with the Pancho Villa Punitive Expedition and was selected by General Pershing to command the famous Apache Indian Scouts. After his return from Mexico, he came to Harvard as Professor of Military Science and Tactics...
...addition to clearing the way for a summer landing on the surface of the moon, the exploits of the command module Charlie Brown, the lunar module Snoopy and the Apollo 10 crew brought the nation and the world the most revealing views of space flight that have ever been available. Remarkable as they were, however, the televised pictures that came across nearly a quarter of a million miles could not begin to match the quality of the movie and still photographs taken by the astronauts...
...spectacular view of what probably was Apollo 10's jettisoned service module, glowing like a blazing meteor as it streaked across the predawn sky before being completely consumed by the more than 5,000° F. heat of reentry. Then, silhouetted against the lightening sky, the bulbous command module came into view, dwarfed by the trio of 83-ft.-wide parachutes that slowed its descent. As the module drifted down, the sky brightened enough for viewers to see the orange-and-white segments of the parachutes and pick out details of the rescue helicopters hovering protectively like giant fireflies...
...Majorca from Palma, the Spanish island's capital. The staff spends anywhere from two to seven months a year on the road, inspecting new hotels and restaurants, revisiting those already mentioned in the guide. When a trip is in the offing, Villa Fielding becomes a sort of MI 6 command post. A Hallwag highway map of Europe replaces one of the rugs on the living-room floor. On their knees, hunched over it, staffers plot their infiltration routes, circling "soft spots"?places that have been too long unvisited or, according to field reports, are currently undergoing rapid change...