Word: commandeering
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Invitation Command...
...many examinations there is bound to be a good deal of variety. It would take a more intimate knowledge than I possess to make a precise estimate of the system. But it is clear that an attempt is made to test the candidate's thinking power, his command of English, and his mastery of English history and literature, as well as his knowledge of the subject in which the scholarship is given...
...this the command of the language is an absolute sine qua non. Inexperto crede. I have attempted at various times to become familiar with Greek, but have not had much success because of my late start. The more I try to understand the major monuments of the Greek world, the more I am baffled by my inability to be sure exactly what significance is to be attached to the expressions on which arguments and descriptions turn. A smattering is better than nothing, and so is a dictionary, but there is no substitute for intimacy...
...respectful "A rivederci," once for a great State dinner in his honor and once for a long private talk with the President. In the Lincoln Study three easy chairs were pulled before the fireplace. Into them sank Messrs. Hoover, Grandi & Stimson. Because of the Foreign Minister's good command of English, no interpreter was necessary and in two and one-half hours the trio covered the equivalent of what last month it took a non-English-speaking Premier and a non-French-speaking President five hours to discuss. President Hoover endorsed Italy's one-year naval holiday plan...
Because a giant had stolen their inheritance (a bag of gold, a hen which laid golden eggs on command, a magical harp) Jack and his mother had to live in a hovel, had finally to resort to selling their faithful cow. A lesser cow would have ambled placidly off to the butcher but the Erskine cow, like the Erskine Helen, had spirit...