Word: stand-in
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...banner. It is his idea to train the criminal as his double, against the day he himself is wounded or otherwise unable to inspire his troops in battle. This, in time, the kagemusha, or "shadow warrior," successfully manages. But then the dying leader conceives the notion of having his stand-in attempt a more difficult impersonation: Shingen wants the kagemusha to take over his life entirely and rule in his stead after his death, which is to be kept secret for three years so that the momentum of his conquests can be maintained...
...north are Viet Nam's historic foes-1 billion Chinese. Reason enough, some observers think, for Viet Nam to want to weld together an Indochinese federation with a docile Cambodia and Laos under the leadership of Hanoi. Others believe that Viet Nam is simply Moscow's stand-in in the Southeast Asian geopolitical rivalry with Peking. But a more likely explanation is that the men who govern Viet Nam know of no other way except the exercise of military might to secure their country's safety. Says Colonel Tran Cong Man, editor in chief of Hanoi...
...First Lady was acting as a stand-in for President Carter, who had considered making the journey himself. Though her trip was labeled an "informal fact-finding" mission, it took on some of the appearances of a state visit. She was greeted at Bangkok airport by Thailand's Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, Premier Kriangsak Chomanan, and a slew of Cabinet ministers. Responding to a welcoming speech by the Premier, she said that Americans were "filled with alarm" over the thought "that the Cambodian people are facing extinction as a result of war and famine." The next day, at high...
Tsongas added that his candidacy in the presidential primary as a stand-in for Kennedy would be "unnecessary and indeed irrevelant" in light of Kennedy's recent statements concerning the 1980 presidential election...
...Harwich, on Cape Cod. He caught not a single question about foreign affairs or even about next year's presidential election-despite the fact that Ted Kennedy's Hyannis Port home is only twelve miles away and Tsongas has said that he might run as a stand-in for Kennedy in the Massachusetts Democratic primary. The dominant topics, instead, were inflation and energy. "What specific steps do the President and Congress plan to take about inflation?" asked Selig Bernstein of Chatham. The shirt-sleeved Senator drew chuckles by replying: "If I were king and I controlled the world...