Word: commanders
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...things I have learned from activism is that people like Bok and Reagan and Botha have a lot of resources at their command. They have law, tradition, inertia, and if all else fails, clubs and guns on their side. That's where the heart of all this talk of goverance is--these people have a lot of power. I don't have to apologize for trying to be innovative and resourceful, for trying to find new ways of changing things. Being in a riot isn't enough; forceful and militant tactics are only one part of what must of necessity...
...crack-dealing street gangs. A task force of 100 has been busting 20 gang members a day and has raided 43 rock houses. But Good Friday made those efforts seem futile. While the carnage on Raymond Avenue took place, 180 police officers stood for roll call at a command center less than a mile away...
Gates launched his biggest offensive yet last week: 1,000-man sweeps of gangland territories. At four command posts around the city, including the parking lot of the Los Angeles Coliseum, jail buses with barred windows and portable booking stations awaited fresh business. Gates had announced the drive with such fanfare that many dealers in South Central L.A. had gone to ground, but on Friday the police still managed to bust 334 gang members citywide on charges ranging from driving without a license to narcotics and weapons possession...
...Israeli military command said it was checking the reports...
...little erratic at the start," the hurler said, "but as the game went on, my control improved. I was able to move the ball around with pretty good command of all my pitches...