Word: commander
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Part of Jackson's quarrel with the Jewish community involves a sensitive political question. Along with some other Black leaders, he genuinely believes that Jews command an influence within the party disproportionate to their recent vote-delivering capacity, whereas Blacks are the "most loyal" Democrats. Jackson-aides point out that while more than 80% of Black presidential votes in 1980 were cast for the Democratic candidate, more than half of Jewish ballots went against him. Says the Rev. Joseph Lowery, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, of the Jewish protest over Jackson: "It sounds like they are looking...
...responsible for maintaining law and order at the convention, San Francisco Police Chief Cornelius ("Con") Murphy will not only command his own 2,000-member police force but also oversee 200 deputy sheriffs, 70 California highway patrol officers and 200 FBI agents. He has ordered work shifts extended to twelve hours a day, introduced a 229-member squad specially trained to disperse rapidly and arrest violent demonstrators, and overseen the planning for every contingency from tipsy delegates to terrorist attacks. Says Murphy, whose headquarters will be at the police command post across the street from Moscone Center: "We foresee traffic...
...company's remaining executives quickly realized that Tramiel would not run the company by committee. Tramiel, says an associate, demands "full, complete, undisputed authority." The new chairman's blitz would make Atari "leaner and meaner," said Vice President Bruce Entin. "The guy was in command. He was kind of like a general...
...record 29 Sephardim sit in the 120-member Knesset; three are in Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's 19-man Cabinet. Chief of Staff Moshe Levy is a Sephardic Jew, as is Israel Kesar, secretary-general of the 1.1 million-member General Federation of Labor. The second in command of both major political parties, Yitzhak Navon of Labor and David Levy of Likud, are Sephardim of Moroccan descent...
...week's end engineers had yet to figure out whether a part of the valve had failed or whether an intermediate computer had missed a command. In any case, the master computer performed right on cue. Said Mission Commander Henry Hartsfield: "The system detected a problem and shut down the engines. That's exactly what we had been told all along it would do, and I'm glad...