Word: commandism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What course would the Marine Corps take in the Schwable case? If a victim of brainwashing goes unpunished, what will happen to military discipline? If a colonel who has violated the regulation against giving information to the enemy is restored to command, how can other soldiers follow him? But in good conscience, can a P.W.-even a regular officer of long service-be held responsible for actions committed under Communist duress...
Even President Eisenhower had no ready answer. You could not, he said thoughtfully at his press conference last week, restore such men to command and ask young Americans to follow them. On the other hand, you could not condemn them too severely...
Scelba won his vote of confidence as expected, 300 to 283, and for the first time in three months, Italy had a govern ment able to command a narrow majority in parliament. But it might not be for long. The case of Montagna had rocked Italy, and it could well bring down the government. For the case displayed, for all to see, the decadence that infects too much of Italy's moneyed classes, the irresponsibility of privilege that embitters even men of good will...
...American housewife with a command of Japanese would be perfectly at home listening to Kimi No Na Wa (What's Your Name?). A rich, ripe, full-bodied soap opera, Kimi has been running on Japanese radio for almost two years, has won more than 18 million devoted listeners, and is about to have three monuments erected to its memory at localities prominently mentioned in the script...
...time the battle of the draperies is fought to a climax, Castle House is rocked to its foundations. Mclver climbs into bed with the widow, Karen does some lipstick-smudging with Devereaux, and Stevie nearly commits suicide all over again. At novel's end, Mclver is in full command of Castle House-but not much else...