Word: commander
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...course, and on this day Dole serves three crowd-pleasing doses of conservative dogma: a riff on making English the nation's official language, a plea to end late-term abortions, and Dole's favorite promise. "If I'm President," he says, "American troops will never serve under the command of [United Nations Secretary-General] Boutros Boutros-Ghali"--stringing out the two Boutroses to ensure the most pejorative pronunciation...
...their career together was already half over) gets a brisk treatment, lighting for but a moment on the specters of Stu Sutcliffe and Pete Best, band members who fell by the wayside before the big time. The group defined its early cheekiness at the 1963 Royal Command Performance before the Queen, where John famously said, "Would the people in the cheap seats clap your hands, and the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry." But America was the promised land, and the Anthology's first evening climaxes with their conquest of the colonies...
RUSSIANS UNDER U.S. COMMAND...
...said that it is illegal to wear a U.N. uniform or serve under U.N. authority because he swore to uphold only the U.S. Constitution and government. If the Army court agrees, New's case could strengthen the cause of Congressmen who oppose putting U.S. troops under U.N. command. But because the fundamental issue is one of obeying orders, Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson says the Army is unlikely to side with New. "The Army can't agree with his reasoning. The first rule of the Army is that you have to obey orders. Even if one is sympathetic...
...creating a new sense of politics in the Danish court. David Bottorf as Polonius is anything but a doddering old fool -- he's an overbearing and controlling father and courtier. When Polonius sells the king and queen he knows the cause of Hamlet's lunacy, it's more a command to listen than a plea for audience...