Word: commandeering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time I was slated to command a cruiser when Admiral ((JCS Chairman)) Tom Moorer asked me to serve on the team negotiating the end of the Micronesian Trust. I objected, but to no avail. I received a nice letter from ((chief of Naval Operations)) Admiral ((Elmo)) Zumwalt explaining that this was necessary because we have many naval officers who can command a cruiser but only a few who can participate effectively in international negotiations...
...local educational resources, such as community colleges and volunteer tutors, to set up programs that will help their workers bridge the skills gap. Getting employees to stick with classes can be difficult, however, since the sessions are frequently held away from the workplace after hours. Larger companies, which command the resources to hold classes in-house, have sweetened the deal by offering workers time off during the workday to attend. Success in both cases depends on how strongly individual companies support their programs -- and how effectively they defuse workers' fears about getting fired for owning up to subpar literacy...
...ties to military contractors, Tower came under fire last week from moderates who think the job should go to a disciplined financial manager. Tower wants to bring his own associates into the Pentagon, but Bush's aides are insisting that he accept an efficient administrator as his second-in- command. Bush's negotiators, said a source close to both Bush and Tower, want to be sure "they don't create another Cap Weinberger...
Ishaq Khan, the 73-year-old Senate chair who replaced Zia as president, said yesterday he was convinced Bhutto could command a majority in the National Assembly...
...President could still give the Alliance first crack at fashioning a governing coalition, but its two main leaders failed to win Assembly seats. Command of the Alliance was ceded to Mian Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab and a Zia protege, who won two seats...