Word: commandant
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Rabin, 52, took over as Premier at a time when the national morale was already low. Protest movements were clamoring for change, the economy was in trouble, the army in disarray because of large-scale resignations and replacements. Unspectacularly, Rabin took command, methodically concentrating on one important issue at a time. Even his critics grudgingly concede that he has not made a single serious mistake in the six months since he took office...
...even the technical intelligentsia had been reduced to total submission. It was also well-schooled in treachery. It learned to vote obediently for whatever penalties were demanded. When one brother was annihilated, another brother would dutifully step into his shoes. By this time, there was no command so amoral that the Russian intelligentsia would not have obsequiously rushed to execute...
...Wood it will only be by some special dispensation of Thespis. Little known to U.S. theatergoers except for his Guildenstern in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Wood belongs among the top dozen actors of the English-speaking stage. His voice is an organ of incisive command. He moves with the lithe, menacing grace of a puma. In an instant, he can range from partygoer prankishness to inner desolation. At the core of his being, he is a raging, inviolate perfectionist...
Zappa changed directions in his second show, however, which ran an hour longer than the first. This time he seemed annoyed with audience requests, particularly one boisterous command of "let's boogie." It was an insulting remark; asking Frank Zappa to boogie is like asking Igor Stravinsky to write a Broadway musical...
...eighth round, Ali was in full command. As the round opened, he rested against the ropes, jerking his head out of the way of Foreman's clumsy roundhouse swings. Then Ali exploded with a wicked flurry of punches that sent Foreman reeling. Sensing the kill, Ali ended the fight with a sharp left and a powerful right to the head that dropped Foreman to the floor for the first and last knockdown of the fight. Moments later, Foreman was counted out and Ali's handlers and fans stormed the ring to cheer the new champion. Foreman later claimed...