Word: commander
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...That first meeting took place in Mrs. Thatcher's bare, cramped campaign headquarters just before the elections; she was aggressive, and a bit edgy. This time, in the Prime Minister's study at 10 Downing Street, she was more relaxed, yet very much in command. All the slings and arrows that come with political leadership have strengthened her somehow. She seems to thrive on the challenge." Angelo, who covered six U.S. Presidents, from Eisenhower to Carter, in 20 years as a Washington correspondent, finds Thatcher unique among the leaders she has interviewed. Says she: "Mrs. Thatcher never equivocates...
Grasso's spending cutbacks alienated many supporters. In 1978, with her popularity at an alltime low, the state was virtually paralyzed by a blizzard. Grasso promptly set up a command post in the state armory and directed around-the-clock emergency operations. When she flew by helicopter to a remote part of the state, there below her, tramped out in large letters in the snow, was a message: ELLA HELP. As the economy picked up in the spring, so did Grasso's popularity. On Election Day 1978, she won more than 75% of the state...
...transition naturally kept different paces. Though distracted somewhat by confirmation hearings, Alexander M. Haig Jr. quickly assembled a team at the State Department, though he was forced to accept know-nothing Reagan friend William Clark as deputy secretary. But while the former general was swift in consolidating command at State--and in presenting to Reagan on inauguration afternoon a plan to concentrate foreign policy-making machinery in his department's hands--the situation at Defense bordered on scandalous. Conservatives were disappointed with the two people tapped to head the department, and many transition planners were disgusted at the fact that...
...plot follows the ceaseless tour of the "Caravana Rolidei," a hilariously low-rent travelling carnival under command of Lord Gypsey (Jose Wilker), a tacky magician impresario. With him is his lover Salome (Betty Farish), "the Rhamba Queen," a tawdry sexpot who moonlights as a hooker, and a Black deaf-mute muscleman named Swallow. When this troupe rolls into Pirhanhas they become the way out for an idealistic, accordion-playing farmboy. Cico (Fabio Junior), who fears an existence rooted in the sleepy backlands and joins the outfit with his pregnant young wife. The old pros and the innocents rattle together from...
With only a single full-time and one part-time employee under his command, Hallice says the tax cuts caused by Proposition 2 1/2 can't hurt the city's civil defense program "unless they decide to put me out of business altogether...