Word: commandeering
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...oratory is unimpassioned, but his command of the President's English is beautiful to behold...
...have decided and hereby declare, ordain and command," proclaimed the Maharaja, "that henceforth there shall be no restriction placed on any Hindu by birth or religion from entering or worshipping at temples controlled by the Government of Travancore...
...Zionists: "The fact that 80 Jews were murdered and hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of Jewish property destroyed under a British Administration should not be allowed to pass quietly. . . . British quarters have announced the stoppage of the strike through the medium of a declaration by General Dill in command of the troops in Palestine. The terms of this declaration are probably without precedent in British history. In fact they concede to the Arabs belligerent rights accorded to each other only by sovereign states at war with each other. General Dill has actually conceded to the Arabs the terms...
After a few years of experience in what they are doing, the powers that be in the war department should certainly be able to know the minimum amount of information a man can have in order to command his subordinates. Perhaps the level is low, I don't know, but you must realize that a second lieutenant isn't much and is in command of men who haven't had even the little education he has. If your advocate raising the I.Q. of the army...
...something no team has been able to do against Princeton for over two years, when Mal McTernen shot around the Tiger flank to score standing up. The great majority of touchdowns, few and far between, that have been chalked up against the New Jersey eleven since Fritz Crisler took command, have all been made through the air, or as a result of running back punts...