Word: commands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...elimination of so many hallowed titles has caused consternation in the civil service hierarchy. Said one grieving Ministerialsekretär of the waterways administration: "Our proud captains will become just controllers. It's like losing the command of an imperial battleship in order to conduct Vienna's No. 72 streetcar-the one that runs to the central cemetery...
...which it decides on its recommendations. By operating in a vacuum, the ACSR has gone out of its way to avoid actions that might be construed as putting pressure on the Harvard Corporation. Obviously, the committee's potential leverage with Harvard will develop only through an effort to command popular support for its recommendations...
...forget; strong, simple orchestration; and best of all, a sly and casual vocal with Scaggs fitting his voice to the lyrics as well as he's ever done. The song is fully within the "Silk Degrees" style, but it shows a sure touch, a confidence and sense of command that's nowhere in evidence on the earlier album...
Although the Crimson did not take the lead until the final period, they were totally in command of the action at both ends for most of the contest, lapsing on defense only occasionally...
...friendship of Somalia for that of a far bigger country. But Ethiopia is an extremely fragile ally that is fighting wars in its northern province of Eritrea as well as the Ogaden, and is led by an unstable junta. Only last week the junta executed its second in command, Lieut. Colonel Atnafu Abate...