Word: commander
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first time since he took command in East Africa, dapper, precise Marshal Pietro Badoglio received war correspondents in Asmara last week, told them what they might and might not say. Declared Italy's expeditionary Commander-in-chief...
...face, almost wooden, sometimes lights up in a crooked smile. Prone to swearing a good deal in a quiet, pleasant way, he never loses his temper, though he is a martinet about detail. When he is in command, his ship must be spotless, his men equally neat. In only one respect is he himself lax-his beard, which is fast-growing, heavy. Hating to shave, he has tried all types of razor, has lately returned to an old-fashioned straightedge...
...February 1915, reports Crapottillot, France's 336th infantry regiment fought hard at Perthes-les-Hurlus. In March it was ordered into the front lines at Souain Mill. Three attempts to take a strong German position failed under withering machine gun fire, with heavy losses. The high command ordered the regiment's 21st company to attack again, at dawn on March 10. At the zero hour the supporting artillery, which had failed miserably in clearing a way through the barbed wire in No Man's Land, clumsily began to drop shells just in front of the 21st...
...attend a convention. When he started to return to England, the Soviet Government refused him permission to leave, explained bluntly that his services were needed at home. Peter Kapitza wailed that his work was in pure science, could not possibly push the Second Five-Year Plan. The high command, with an eye for prestige as well as services, was adamant. The Soviet Embassy in London issued a statement...
...Cyril drew his sad conclusions from 3.000.000 words of testimony presented in a 62-day trial of a British law suit against Walter P. Chrysler, his motor corporation and several of his high command. Eight years ago Chrysler Corp. bought out its British-owned distributors. Chrysler Motors, Ltd.. which was making handsome profits on its Chrysler franchise. Some of the stockholders in the London agency claimed that they had been persuaded to sell their stock under threats, that they had not received the true value of their shares. Led by Arnold de la Poer, former director of the British...