Word: commander
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...rich collection of sketches, drawings and furniture done by Richardson and his studio--at the Fogg through December 8--shows how effective the operation was. Richardson's schemes--which often changed in the middle of construction--were always in command, and the details, though left to assistants, always fit in with the patterns of Richardson's work. (Toward the beginning of his career, one F.E. Allen spent an entire week examining the intricacies of Sever, and I suppose the pediments and the cut-brick floral ornaments could hypnotize contemporary dilettantes as well.) The work done by Coolidge, Shepley, and others...
Rabin, 52, took over as Premier at a time when the national morale was already low. Protest movements were clamoring for change, the economy was in trouble, the army in disarray because of large-scale resignations and replacements. Unspectacularly, Rabin took command, methodically concentrating on one important issue at a time. Even his critics grudgingly concede that he has not made a single serious mistake in the six months since he took office...
Siege of Jerusalem. During Israel's war of independence, he was a deputy commander of the Palmach under Yigal Allon (now Israel's Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister). Some of Rabin's exploits-including his command of the brigade that lifted the 1948 siege of Jerusalem, and countless raids that he led to liberate detainees who had immigrated illegally-were later attributed by Author Leon Uris to the fictional heroes of his novel Exodus...
...even the technical intelligentsia had been reduced to total submission. It was also well-schooled in treachery. It learned to vote obediently for whatever penalties were demanded. When one brother was annihilated, another brother would dutifully step into his shoes. By this time, there was no command so amoral that the Russian intelligentsia would not have obsequiously rushed to execute...
...Wood it will only be by some special dispensation of Thespis. Little known to U.S. theatergoers except for his Guildenstern in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Wood belongs among the top dozen actors of the English-speaking stage. His voice is an organ of incisive command. He moves with the lithe, menacing grace of a puma. In an instant, he can range from partygoer prankishness to inner desolation. At the core of his being, he is a raging, inviolate perfectionist...