Word: commanders
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Following his dismissal from the party, the army kicked Uspensky out of the intelligence service, but because he was intelligent and capable, the army gave him command of an infantry regiment. Uspensky grins at the memory. "The funny thing about it was that on the intelligence staff all I did was sit with maps analyzing information. As a commander, I was in a position to open the front to the Germans...
BECAUSE OF HIS FAMILIARITY with Tito, Djilas elaborately portrays Tito's love of power and the adulation, the command, and the high living available to him. The details--he took over some of the king's villas and even some of the royal customs, such as being godfather to the ninth child in every family--are objectionable, but these personal weaknesses cannot alone destroy a country. Ignoring the forces inside and outside of the country can lead to the country's deterioration, and, Djilas concedes, Tito cannot be accused of this mistake. For Djilas sees Tito as a "politican...
Though they seldom command the daily headlines, scientists by their deeds sometimes possess the potential for the greatest impact upon the world's future. Consider such works as the green revolution, the transistor, antibiotics, computers: in the past few decades, all emerged rapidly and unexpectedly to alter the course of civilization. Last year a new technology, perhaps the most startling yet created by science, came of age: genetic engineering, the ability to alter the basic stuff of life...
...felt that none of the people named to the committee was truly interested in gay issues." This is untrue. I have not made any such statement. In the letter to the Executive Committee I did write, "With all due modesty, I feel that few CHUL members have my command of an issue of such importance to me." I have the greatest respect for the persons appointed to the subcommittee...
...player who had hit over .300 only twice in his eight-year major league career. Is Winfield worth it? Says Baltimore Oriole General Manager Hank Peters: "Not in my judgment. I don't think any athlete in any team sport can be important enough to command that kind of money." But Winfield had a ready retort: "Everything has a market value. How do you set a price on a precious...