Word: commandism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lack of a high command has been aggravated by the way Mr. Dulles conceives the office of Secretary of State. He thinks of himself as a roving negotiator, who represents the President's authority to conduct foreign affairs. Mr. Dulles is not in Washington long or continuously enough to command the operations of his department...
...Crimson was in command throughout the game and had no trouble in running its season's record to 17-1. Captain George Higginbottom, Bill Collins, and Dave Birch led the freshman scoring with two goals apiece, while Dick Reilly, Dick Fischer, Dave Vietze, and Paul Kelley each added single tallies...
...enjoyed your story on NATO, but why is NATO's other Supreme Command (SACLANT) so consistently ignored? I do not doubt the importance of SHAPE, or the great abilities of General Gruenther, but Admiral Jerauld Wright, U.S.N., as Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic, is responsible for NATO's defense of the vast 12 million square miles of ocean that separate Europe from America...
...major) and married a Canadian girl, belatedly explaining that his marriage to wife Edith had never been exactly solemnized, from a legal point of view. Before the war ended, Whitey was in trouble again, charged with selling government pistols, compasses, lamps and radios on the black market while in command of a station in Brazil. He got off with no penalty but a discharge...
...negotiation, with quick wit and a sharp mind that grew more analytical the more it saw of Hollywood. At the same time, Bill came to understand the problems of the big executives, and to wish a little wistfully sometimes that they were his to solve. Force of Arms, Submarine Command, Boots Malone-his face, though it was slowly maturing, was still his misfortune. "Do me a favor, Bill," a director wisecracked. "Go on over to Sunset Boulevard and let a truck run over that kisser...