Word: commander
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...received for his transition, he returned $128,000. Ford regularly gives back $12,000 to $14,000 a year in expenses. When Nixon moved from Manhattan to a house in Saddle River, N.J., he spent $50,000 of his own money to convert a carport into a Secret Service command post. Ford Aide Robert Barrett defends the federal allowances. Says he: "It's the only reasonable way to deal with what former Presidents have to deal with." -By Maureen Dowd. Reported by Hays Gorey/Washington
...considerable share of ministerial power. But they are deeply divided over a number of issues, including alliance with the Socialists. Scares, for his part, would probably like to strike a deal with the Social Democrats. He needs the 75 votes that the Social Democrats are expected to command in the next parliament, and he wants to spread political responsibility for salvaging the economy. Said he: "We must declare a political and social truce that will permit the country to overcome the crisis. It is not a task for one group or party...
Heidemann's tale began on the morning of April 21,1945, at a Schonwalde airstrip, seven miles from Hitler's bunker in Berlin. After a frenzied scene of chaos that delayed top-priority military flights, ten airplanes carrying staff members and cargo from Hitler's last command post took off for Salzburg. Nine made the trip safely; the tenth, flying in radio silence for security reasons, crashed. At least two people who were on the scene believe that the downed plane carried Hitler's personal papers. According to the Nazi leader's personal pilot, Hans...
After allowing one run in the bottom of the first to tie the game. Rubin settled into a pitching duel with Falcon hurler Mirmina. While neither pitcher gave up more than seven hits in the game. Rubin was more clearly in command...
...Himmler nonetheless remained in Hitler's top command until the last days...