Word: commander
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...evoked or involved heightened group responses. A heave of national paranoia resurfaced on the 50th anniversary of the Roswell, N.M., flying-saucer incident. So certain were an astounding number of Americans that a saucer did indeed crash in the desert near Roswell in 1947 that the Army Air Force command in Fort Worth, Texas, issued an explanation at the time that the vehicle in question had been a weather balloon. This past June, to keep the public calm, the Army published reassuring photos in the papers...
Shelton is considered by many to be a solider's solider: he was won several of the military's most distinguished combat honors, served two tours in Vietnam, served as the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Special Operations Command, and earned a Purple Heart...
Just when it seemed the juggernaut was about to get rolling and the Crimson would take command of the game, it stopped entirely...
DIED. ENDICOTT ("Chub") PEABODY, 77, quixotic onetime Massachusetts Governor; in Hollis, N.H. Peabody campaigned for the 1972 Democratic nomination for Vice President, insisting that the party, not the Prez, should choose the nation's second-in-command...
Holding a slim 33-29 lead at halftime, Harvard opened the second period with a 17-8 run that quickly ended all doubt as to the outcome of the contest. Basil led the attack with her defensive command over Rams' point guard Dena cocchiola and her confidence in running the Crimson's offense...