Word: commandism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...example, was Bucher given as his first command so highly sensitive an assignment? And why, once he had been given command, was he not allowed access to the classified material for which he might ultimately be responsible? Why was an ancient rust bucket like Pueblo chosen for conversion into a spy ship? Why were Bucher's requests for essential gear and weaponry repeatedly turned down? Why, if the Navy lacked the money to equip the ship properly, was Pueblo stationed off North Korea in the first place? Why no air cover? And why did the Navy steadfastly assume that...
False Security. Even at a lower level of command, where operational difficulties are more apparent, Bucher received little help or guidance. Rear Admiral Frank L. Johnson, commander of U.S. Naval Forces, Japan, was made fully aware of Pueblo's limitations by Bucher. Yet he did nothing to upgrade the ship. Indeed, Bucher testified that Johnson had assured him that his guns would never be needed, and in fact advised the skipper not to show "any aggressive intent" if harassed by North Korean or Soviet vessels. This attitude seemed to lull Bucher into a false sense of security, which...
...partitioned in 1920, the Orangemen of the North pay scant heed to Catholic feelings or, often, to Catholic rights. The Unionist Party monopolized the central government at Storemont from the first, and it has kept power-including voting power-in the hands of the Protestant haves. Businessmen, for example, command up to six votes each in local elections. Nor do the burdens of a chronically weak economy fall equally: unemployment in some Catholic areas runs as high as one person out of six, double the national level...
...Paulo Art Museum-then a museum in name only, except in Chatô's imagination. As chief of some 30-odd newspapers, 19 magazines, 22 radio and 15 TV stations. Chatô had plenty of money of his own. But not even that kind of tycoon can command enough millions to assemble an art collection of the scope Chatô had in mind. So Chatô did not scruple to use his press facilities to extract a little something extra. A businessman, bank or civic organization that coughed up the cash for a work...
...reality. Old forms are dead forms if a living idea no longer animates them. Starved for a vital idea, Arthur hits on power, "an idea that can live in a vacuum." The rule of force is an idea simple enough for Eddie to grasp, and scarcely has Arthur assumed command of the household than Eddie strikes him dead...