Word: commandeering
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...associate who prefers anonymity to Perot's wrath. "He does not compromise well. Ross has two modes: your way and my way -- and we're going to do it my way." The problem is not that Perot refuses to listen; he in fact delights in bypassing the chain of command to call some subordinate himself with a question. But once Perot makes a decision, that's it -- no dissent -- either go out and do it or get off the team...
EVER SINCE THE LOADED SUPERTANKER UNDER HIS command foundered on Bligh Reef in April 1989 and unleashed an 11 million-gal. spill of Alaskan crude oil into Prince William Sound, Skipper Joseph Hazelwood has been a marked man. Last week, when the Maritime College of the State University of New York announced that it had hired Hazelwood to help teach cadets how to stand watch, environmental groups were quick to remonstrate. "This is truly amazing," said the Sierra Club...
...INVISIBLE PLAN: Assistant police chief David Dotson recounts that Gates rebuffed pleas from at least one high-ranking officer to clarify issues such as the chain of command in anticipation of the King verdict. The day before the rioting, Gates had confidently assured city officials that the police were prepared for anything. Even now he insists he had reviewed detailed plans for dealing with civil unrest with his commanding officers. But none of these purported preparations were visible once the rioting started. In fact, it seemed as if there was no plan at all. As law-enforcement expert Charles Beene...
...than 100 officers, seething with frustration, remained for about the next two hours at their fallback position 1 1/2 miles away, waiting for orders to move back in. The orders were finally issued. For much of this period, Gates was either at the fund raiser or in transit. "The command structure was not in place. They didn't keep in touch," said deputy fire chief Donald Anthony, who had 20 fire engines in place waiting for police escorts. To law-enforcement strategists like Beene, the long delay was fatal. "You think one hour isn't very long? One hour...
INTERVIEW: New Top Cop Takes Command...