Word: commandeering
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...other candidates have wealthy friends or relatives and several are themselves very wealthy? Underwood, McAdoo, Pinchot, for example. But with Mr. Hitchcock in command Mr. Johnson's campaign should be notable for the flying of fur and money, wherever it can advantageously and quietly be spent...
...Palace was crowded with priceless treasures. They were so well guarded that when King Edward VII, the then Prince of Wales, expressed a desire to his brother-in-law, Tsar Alexander III, to see the famed picture gallery in the Yusupov Palace, the Tsar was obliged to issue a command to Prince Nicholas, the present Prince Yusupov's grandfather, in order to gain admittance...
...When Italy last September heard of your movement we realized that, though different in method, our two revolutions had the same finalities. We both wished to free the vital forces of our peoples from disastrous influences of impossible political doctrines and of men incapable of assuming difficult responsibilities of command...
...Imperial Highness, Prince Kunihisa Kuni, at his own request, was divorced by royal command from his Imperial rank. He is now a commoner and will henceforth be known as Marquis Kuni...
...that football has gone out in a splash, Harvard collectively may pause for a moment to choose new gods to worship. Basketball, squash, winter track, fencing, wrestling, and boxing will command their followers, but the winter major sport, hockey, will attract more than any of its lesser rivals...