Word: commander
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...anything said by Reagan's recent predecessors in the White House. The President and his advisers had discussed the issue beforehand. They clearly underestimated the political and diplomatic impact of the statement, which once more conveyed to some observers of the press conference a sense that Reagan lacked command of foreign affairs. Some nuclear experts charged that Reagan was simply wrong-a question on which there is room for argument (see box). Others contended that whether or not the President was right as to the facts, his admission of weakness could only inflame Europe's politically potent peace...
...command portico in front of the palace...
Jenkins' strong opposition came not only from the two major parties but from the Scottish Nationalists, who favor outright independence and usually command 10% to 15% of the vote in the district. Bordering the University of Glasgow, Hillhead is the best-educated constituency in Scotland, a community that stretches from handsome, rosy sandstone houses on sloping streets to grubby shops near the River Clyde below. The Tories came in with an edge, possession of the seat for more than six decades, the past 33 years served rather lacklusterly by Sir Thomas Galbraith, who died last January. In his stead...
...private army of hitmen. Amin services an interracial harem. Amin juggles the lives of Arab radicals and Jewish captives at Entebbe airport. Amin eats the flesh of an honest judge he has ordered killed. Perhaps Patel too lovingly details the baroque torture, and Joseph Olita's unsteady command of the acting craft often makes Amin seem too cuddly a cannibal. Still, the film serves as an effective comic-book primer on the most colorful mass murderer...
...hands in the back seat of the Soviet leader's limousine as they pledged their personal commitments to maintain peace. To this day, Ford does not think that Brezhnev, no matter how great the Soviet missile advantage may be, is capable of marching into the Kremlin's command center and launching Armageddon. Ford obviously was not. "You won't do that because you are a human being," he said last week. His former Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger finds it "very dubious" that either of the major powers would really have the psychological capacity to strike first...