Word: commandeering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Always one of the magazine's best-read sections, Milestones has continued to command the attention of both the discerning and the disputatious, who write to question such matters as Nancy Reagan's age (62) and some of the column's descriptions ("squeaky clean" sounded derogatory to fans of Singer Karen Carpenter, and esters protested a reference to Werner Erhard's movement as a "cult...
...that he cleanse the armed forces of their links with the coun try's death squads. A week earlier, Vides Casanova had removed Colonel Nicolas Carranza from his post as head of the Treasury Police. Duarte's most sweeping decision so far is to split up the command of the regular army and the country's three security forces, which are considered the breeding ground of the death squads. In stead of reporting directly to Casanova, the National Guard, National Police and Treasury Police will answer to Colonel Reynaldo Lopez Nuila, the newly named vice minister...
...Cuartas has expressed confidence that the other armed movements will sign similar agreements, a recent rash of bombings, bank robberies and kidnapings suggests the contrary. These acts of violence are believed to be the work of other guerrilla groups that oppose the ceasefire. But F.A.R.C.'s second-in-command, Jacobo Arenas, remained firm. Said he: "We are going to give the President a little more strength by keeping our part of the peace bargain...
...basic as anything this side of Rigoletto. Principally, these are the province of Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner, of course). His attempt to answer the cries for help that Spock transmits by means of a mysterious Vulcanic technique known as a "mindmeld" forces him to the most anguishing command decisions...
...primary target of the intermediate and upper level courses is to give students a practical command of the language, according to Rivers. For example, the recently created Spanish Cd, "Spanish Oral Survival Course," was designed so that "if a student were helicoptered into Spain tomorrow, he or she could communicate," Rivers explained...