Word: commandeered
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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July 2, 1775, a month-and-a-half after the battle of Lexington and Concord, Washington arrived on Cambridge Common to take command of the Continental Army, a raggedy forced camped here to keep the British bottled up in Boston...
...island is dominated by The Hills and The Quill, volcanic cones, now extinct. Climbing to the peak of The Quill (1,800 ft.) with a verdant rain forest in its crater is a not too strenuous 80-min. hike. An old Dutch command post, Fort Oranjestad, built on French foundations in 1636, is a neat little 16-cannon salute to colonial glories. This and several other of the island's 17 original forts are on a walking tour laid out by Statia's energetic historical foundation. One of the best beaches is on Tumble Down Dick Bay, apparently...
...atoll (pop. 12,000) calls itself the Emerald Isle of the Car ibbean because it was largely settled by Irish Roman Catholic refugees starting in 1632. Montserrat's blacks, now 90% of the population, have owned their land since the early 19th century. They are very much in command of Erin West, and as cheery as their Connemara cousins...
...higher price for them." A two-bedroom apartment that went for $400 a month last year in San Francisco's North Beach today fetches $850. In New York City, where rents have been rising 15% to 20% annually for the past three years, one-bedroom apartments command $1,000 a month and two-bedrooms start at $1,500 in new Manhattan buildings...
...Crimson took command from the start, shooting and rebounding with zest and precision to forge a 20-point lead by halftime. Harvard ace Nancy Boutillier couldn't miss, slamming 16 of her game-high 24 points through the webbing to rocket the Crimson offense to the half-way mark...