Search Details

Word: commander (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...latest evidence that despite decades of fighting and negotiating, the Philippines, with a mostly Christian population of 66 million, has still to solve the problem of separatism among its 6 million Muslims. Two days after the Ipil raid, President Fidel Ramos fired the leader of the army's southern command, Brigadier General Regino Lacson, as well as the commander of the 102nd Infantry Brigade, near Ipil. At week's end Ramos flew to the town to survey the damage. After meeting with town and military officials, he barked, "Go get those terrorists and protect our communities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON | 4/17/1995 | See Source »

...parables about power and authority in the new church. "[Israel] was an occupied country with a lot of poverty, malnutrition and sickness,'' he says. "Jesus was 'healing' people ideologically, saying the Kingdom of God is against this system. It's not your fault you're sick and overworked. Take command of your body and your destiny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MESSAGE OF MIRACLES | 4/10/1995 | See Source »

...there is a very good reason why the earliest moral codes developed by humanity command us to refrain from, say, stealing or committing adultery. The moral catch phrases mentioned above seem hollow because they are the mere reflection of this fundamental principal. Quite simply, basic honesty is the absolute foundation upon which any successful and benign society must rest. If this foundation is absent, basic human happiness and liberty begin to crumble away...

Author: By David H. Goldbrenner, | Title: Finally, Some Honesty! | 4/7/1995 | See Source »

...Guatemala last week, President Ramiro de Leon Carpio said the military will investigate the allegations against Alpirez. The colonel, now second in command at an army base in Guatemala City, has not made a statement of any kind. For her part, Harbury is planning to file a lawsuit once the threads of responsibility are sorted out. She may have learned the truth. That, however, is not the same as having all the answers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE END OF THE VIGIL | 4/3/1995 | See Source »

...Republican revolution. To an extent unusual even for parasitic Washington, the House G.O.P. leadership has attached its fortunes to private lobbyists, and is relying on their far-flung influence to pass its agenda. Boehner's Thursday Group is the top of the pyramid of that sophisticated effort, serving as command central for a series of multimillion-dollar campaigns on behalf of the Contract with America. The stakes of the enterprise-and the potential rewards for the lobbyists-are huge. "If we don't do the contract, we don't have to worry about doing other kinds of bills," Boehner says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE THURSDAY REGULARS | 3/27/1995 | See Source »

Previous | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | Next