Word: commandant
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...stream of Washington officials delivered by helicopter: Cabinet chiefs, agency heads, White House aides. In pursuit of his plan to shake up the stubborn, slow-moving federal bureaucracy, he was starting with his own men. He wanted their ideas on how to make the Government more responsive to presidential command; he also wanted to discuss their futures, which in some cases are not going to be in Government. Each guest huddled with him inside the rustic presidential lodge known as "Aspen," where even a blazing fire did not always take the chill off the proceedings...
According to the English-language report, which was picked up by a radio monitoring laboratory in Britain, the mutiny had been staged by "officers and some other crew members" who succeeded in taking command of their vessel for a time. But then the uprising was crushed, and the second sub entered Sogne Fjord to give help. The defeated mutineers, said Albania's Radio Tirana in a 16-minute broadcast that cited Moscow sources, were transferred to the second sub, and both vessels left the fjord, heading for the Baltic. The broadcast suggested that the uprising posed special danger...
...ARPA network is also being used as an experimental model for a global military command and control system...
...Harvard which took command as the game pushed past the 100-minute mark, into the second overtime. The Crimson's second corner kick of the overtime was kicked around in front, where Papagianis headed it home for the winning score, as he once again assumed the role of the hero...
Brown began to take offensive command after Adedeji's goal, taking numerous shots on goal and getting a high number of corner kick opportunities. The Harvard goal, instead of igniting the squad, made the team more lethargic, and for much of the period the Crimson's passing was noticeably slow. Rarely did Harvard put two or three passes together, and Brown's hustle and height advantage resulted in almost continual play in the Harvard...