Word: commands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...serving in the NATO command . . . the feeling of just what we are doing here often arises in all of us; your informative Feb. 6 article certainly clarifies our position and gives one a feeling of confidence to know that a man like General Gruenther is running the show...
...Seven student ringleaders were reportedly exiled to places 200 miles from Madrid. The names of the youths, all respectfully referred to by the title of Don, showed them to include the son of one of the founders of the Falange, the nephew of the Falange's third in command, and the son of one of Franco's closest personal friends...
...They figure that they can stall the federal government ten years by preaching gradualism. And if Negroes finally do get their right to vote, there will no longer be enough to command a majority," he explained...
...allies, the Liberals (the nearest Italian equivalent to a free-enterprise party). They are a good, democratic right-wing group, Gronchi conceded, but there is no place for them in the "progressivist government" he envisages for Italy. Dropping them would leave the Christian Democrats in need of votes to command a majority, and Stevens asked where they would come from...
Among the virtues: a firm command of the orchestra, which produced a vividly mysterious opening figure on the xylophone, and two flutes that appear to bump and separate like a pair of slow-motion dancers. Chief fault: thematic aimlessness. After the promise of those opening bars, the next part of the brief score is limp and weary-a routine expression of Medea's mother love...