Word: command
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CANTABRIGIANS USED TO GATHER IN DIMLY LIT CAFES TO CHAIN-SMOKE AND LAY PLANS FOR THE REVOLUTION. BUT TODAY, BRIGHT, CLEAN, TRANSPARENT COFFEE SHOPS COMMAND THE SQUARE...
...command of a ship off Saipan preparing for the invasion of Japan when a message came over the radio that a `powerful bomb' was dropped on Japan," says one of the essays in the booklet. "Even if they had said atomic bomb, none of us would have known what...
Leonard said Henaghan "issued a sexist command"and referred to her as a "girl...
...countries they are a treasure trove of biodiversity and greenhouse-gas "sinks" that absorb CO2 and thus help keep global warming in check. To developing nations the forests are resources ripe for exploitation: potential farmland, a free source of fuel and a storehouse of exotic kinds of wood that command high prices overseas...
...dagger-sharp talent for choosing the right ones to turn tired propaganda into poignant exhortations or make diplomatic doublespeak sound incisive, are Hanan's stock in trade. Her colleagues at Bir Zeit University, where she taught English literature for 17 years, were always awed, and often overruled, by her command of the language. She could outtalk them as well in Arabic as in English. She has a good ear for saying the right thing the right way, says a member of the peace delegation -- not talking, as Palestinians are wont to do, out of two sides of her mouth...