Word: commandeering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Still, some members of the Old Guard stubbornly cling to power. Such veterans as President Li Xiannian, 76, and Marshal Ye Jianying, 86, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party Politburo and vice chairman of the party's military commission, continue to command a following in the military establishment. While they accept the reforms, they are said to harbor some doubts about their pace and scope. Among the most formidable of the pragmatists' adversaries is Chen Yun, a central planner who masterminded the Soviet-style economic programs of the '50s. He is said to believe that...
Cleveland City Councilman Jay Westbrook, who sponsored the July 15 resolution, said the council "felt compelled to call on an institution with the prestige and recognition of Harvard to recognize that there's a higher command we should all abide...
...feature film made. "There are times when you just don't believe they make movies," says Epps. Still, there are compensations. The price for an Epps-Cash script goes up with each non-picture and can now cost in the $300,000-to-$350,000 range. ^ Admits Epps: "We command a pretty good figure for not having a movie produced...
...kicked in the face by one of the hijackers. The blow broke a blood vessel in his left eye that took eight days to heal. Later, Brown and three other captives were locked up for days in an underground room, 20 ft. square, which he believes was a command bunker. Brown, who kept a diary on folded white paper, got to be known as "the Coach" by his fellow hostages because he insisted that they all exercise each day. Brown's contingent devised a game of imaginary golf, playing mind shots on a course laid out verbally by Robert Trautmann...
...Augean subway ("so loud and dirty"). Davidovich quickly fled to the apartment in Kew Gardens ("quiet, with trees and a fresh smell"). Perhaps the hardest thing to bear was her professional anonymity, the necessity of starting a career over again. "It was very difficult," remembers Davidovich, whose still limited command of English requires her to use an interpreter. "I was very famous in the Soviet Union. I had my public. I did not know if it would be good for me in the United States...