Word: commandeering
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...accept the tragedy of war even as they recognize that waging it means accepting that your own opinion doesn't matter. It's the epiphany you get in John Ford's great film Fort Apache, as John Wayne sucks it up and carries out the orders of his pigheaded commanding officer, Henry Fonda, even as it leads to a massacre--and can still say years later, "He made it a command to be proud of." It's what Clint Eastwood was aiming for in his account of the doomed Japanese soldiers in Letters from Iwo Jima--except that Eastwood...
...July, South Korea will begin a transition to resume wartime command of its army by 2012, ending a five-decade-long agreement that gives the U.S. control of its army in the event...
...hard to make blanket statements about his music, which would probably thrill Wolf. More than just Bright Eyes with a dreamy foreign accent, Patrick Wolf brings a refreshing burst of talent and energy into today’s limping rock scene. With an impressively broad musicality, Wolf takes command of synths, guitars, pianos, and violins. Sporting its fair share of hooks, beeps, and drum machines, “The Magic Position” often hides its own musical depth with flashy pop flourishes. But despite some of this lighter fare, Patrick Wolf certainly proves that he is more than capable...
...films have always portrayed the house of the future with sleek lines and magically appearing appliances capable of performing the most onerous of household tasks with just the simple touch of a button or a voice command. And while there still may not be a way to get out of actually scrubbing your tub, smart-home technology is giving the homeowner a level of automation futuristic enough to make George Jetson envious. Technology research firm InStat/MDR predicts the global market will grow from its current level of $1.3 billion to nearly $10 billion by 2010. A recent study...
...best comfort dishes. Yet St Alban, housed in a former BBC radio studio, features jet-set banquettes with turquoise and amethyst upholstery in a vast, brightly lit space reminiscent of an airline lounge. The food is a Mediterranean mlange of influences stretching from Venice to Lisbon, under the command of Southern Italian chef Francesco Mazzei...