Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Teamsters may be less interested in solidarity than in shelter from the Justice Department. The AFL-CIO leaders stood by Teamsters President Jackie Presser, who faces federal racketeering charges, and vowed to fight a Government bid to take control of the Teamsters to cleanse it of Mob influence...
Along with just about everyone else, the contra civilian leadership seems to have concluded that the rebels are finished as a fighting force. Even the Reagan Administration has reportedly begun preparing contingency plans to withdraw the contras from combat should the peace plan prevail. Still, as many as 10,000 rebels fight on. "What's going to happen to those kids out in the jungle?" laments a U.S. State Department official. But others at State are asking, Is the pain of getting out of a war reason enough to stay...
Despite the growing tempest, Mecham continues to blame a hostile press and left-wing radicals for most of his problems. Few expect him to return to selling cars without a fight. "He will quit the day hell freezes over," says Udall. Adds Jane Hull: "There will be fistfights in the street." Or more likely, a second volume of Mecham jokes...
About each of his four characters, Keegan poses a fundamental question: Did he believe that it was necessary for a commander to fight at the head of his soldiers? Keegan's answers: Alexander always, Wellington often, Grant no more % than necessary, Hitler never. Keegan attributes this chronological evolution to the continuing development of longer-range weapons, which made a general's presence on or near the battlefield increasingly perilous. At the same time, technology also provided the telegraph, telephone and radio, making possible the commander's separation from his troops. This trend reached its culmination in World War I, when...
...commander must master five imperatives: the imperative of kinship (persuading his troops that he understands and cares for them); the imperative of prescription (being able to tell his troops exactly what he wants and why); the imperative of sanction (convincing the troops that they will be rewarded if they fight and punished if they don't); the imperative of action (knowing when to attack); and the imperative of example (showing that he shares in the troops' dangers...