Word: commander
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...took him to MIT after graduation where he studied naval architecture, and he continues with his naval planning today. When World War II began. Anderson was still at MIT and because of his sailing experience and naval skill he was "swept" into the Navy, where he was commissioned to command a couple of little mine sweepers and act as the executive officer of the Destroyer Escort. When the war ended. Anderson considered staying on in the Navy, but his father's failing health and other family concerns brought him back to the mainland. For the next 20 years, Anderson...
...students first confuse the rational practice of condemning certain war-time policies with the extreme one of blacklisting those who them. It is historical biologist that has created the that the was wrong, that should have that the Nazi sentence should not have been command, but at the time hysteria in wartime and fear of afterwards led to a general agreement in the opposite...
...Libya, Habash has clashed repeatedly with Arafat. During the late '60s, some disillusioned Habash supporters set up two splinter groups that are just as radical: the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, headed by Naif Hawatmeh, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, led by Ahmed Jibril. Both also enjoy strong support from Syria. Other groups include the Libyan-and Iraqi-backed Popular Struggle Front and Saiqa, a guerrilla force that serves practically as a division of the Syrian army...
...possible that Paul Volcker has had his fill of running American money policy and may now want to make a little more money himself. The $69,800 he earns annually as Fed chairman pales in comparison with the $500,000 or so he could command in the private sector. Not that megabucks or family problems have ever swayed him. "With him," says a friend, "the job is the thing, and people like that don't change." While Volcker's term as a member of the Federal Reserve Board runs until 1992 and he could remain even under another...
...probably hasn't been a Big Five for half a decade." Agrees John Edwards, executive vice president and general manager of the Chicago Symphony and, at 70, the dean of U.S. orchestra administrators: "Basically, the concept of a Big Five is outmoded." Determined by the musicians' technical command, the conductor's leadership and the intangible element of inspiration, excellence is no longer quite so exclusive. A current ranking of the country's best orchestras, in order of achievement...