Word: commandant
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...Excuse me." A chilly command from above froze me in my tracks. I had wandered smack into the path of a chestnut gelding and its charming 12-year-old rider, who was pert in her manner, precise in her dress and, in my opinion, a pain in the ass. I mustered up a feeble apology and let her trot by. The manure be damned: I raised my eyes and strode straight ahead...
...continuing to support the Christian Democrats in a center-left government. They may insist, for example, on getting two of the three key Cabinet seats-Interior, Defense and Foreign Affairs. If they are denied, they could threaten to form a popular front with the Communists, since together they command more than 45% of Italy's votes. But they are reluctant to do this, partly out of fear of being overwhelmed, partly out of loyalty to the West and skepticism that the Communists would really remain in NATO...
...mandate in Korea under which the American troops are stationed south of the DMZ. Washington will keep the American forces in place no matter what happens at the U.N., since only the Security Council, where the U.S. has a veto, can actually abolish the command. There is speculation that the U.S. will agree to discuss the removal of its troops from under the U.N. command structure before a vote is taken in the General Assembly. In either case, the resulting propaganda gains for Pyongyang would be an unwanted sign to Seoul of the extent to which the hated North...
Much of South Korea's military command and control functions are in U.S. hands. All 18 ROK army divisions, for example, are under the operational control of General Richard G. Stilwell, 58 (no kin to World War II's "Vinegar Joe"). Stilwell wears the hats of commanding general of the U.S. Eighth Army, commander in chief of the United Nations Command and commander of U.S. Forces-Korea. The crucial I Corps Group forces are commanded by Lieut. General James P. ("Holly") Hollingsworth, 57, a veteran of World War II and Viet Nam; packing a pearl-handled revolver...
...major obstacles before they can practice their profession. Like other foreign-trained physicians-who now constitute more than one-fifth of the 300,000 doctors practicing in the U.S.-the Vietnamese must pass the stiff requirements of the Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), which tests both their command of English and knowledge of clinical medicine. Last winter only 7,000 of the 19,000 foreign doctors who took the exams managed to pass. Those who get by the ECFMG must then take the Federation Licensure Examination (FLEX), which is recognized by 48 states. In many cases, the doctors...