Word: commandant
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...Young, but that was before Harvest. I'm inclined to agree; it's been artistically downhill for him ever since the momentary flashes of brilliance on After the Goldrush. But Jesus, what can you expect from a guy responsible for "Hello Cowgirl in the Sand/Is this place at your command...
That was the start of a harrowing, 20-hour ordeal for Knox, one of the U.S.'s few black ambassadors, and his second in command, Ward Christensen, who was held when he called at the residence later. The kidnapers demanded the release of 31 political prisoners held in the infamous Dessalines barracks. They picked Knox as hostage because, as he explained later, "I had a certain influence here...
...make it a little easier for the American public to accept. The draft can be 'reformed' to take the pressure off troublesome college students. In time the policy of phased reductions might actually reduce the troop commitment in Vietnam to 200,000 or even fewer. The military command in Vietnam may be able to substitute even heavier air strikes for the costly ground operations that have sent so many young men back to the United States in wooden boxes...
...even Mediobanca professes to know how to dispose of the presidential surplus. They can scarcely be sent into private industry; there are already 41,336 corporate presidents holding sway there. They certainly cannot join the armed forces. Italy presently has 541 generals to command an army of 267,570 men. (The U.S., by contrast, has 508 generals for an army more than three times as large.) As for the Italian navy, it has 1.23 admirals for every vessel in the fleet...
...would never tolerate such bilidity on the part of a film-maker. His examination of The Clown's Evening is, however, sufficiently perceptive on all counts to make this weakness merely an organizational problem. Attaching defailed comment to extensive paraphrase. Simon gives a clear picture of Bergman's command, particularly of the nightmarish flashback done with heightened contrast and masterful manipulation of sound. Drawing somewhat on earlier analyses by British critics Peter Cowie and Robin Wood, he integrates his observations, obtaining a more complete picture of The Clown's Evening than has been seen before...