Word: commandeering
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...constitutional propriety surrounding Ishaq's dismissal of Bhutto, his action marked a perilous interruption of Pakistan's fragile democratic process. U.S. diplomats, who were influential in soothing fears within the army high command after Bhutto won the 1988 elections, responded coolly to Ishaq's move but deemed it "consistent with the constitution of Pakistan." The Bush Administration did not appear ready to go along with a handful of U.S. Senators who advocated a cutoff in Washington's almost $600 million-a-year aid to Pakistan in response to what they called a "quasi- military coup." But U.S. diplomats said...
After a decade of military buildup and the expensive creation of a rapid- deployment Central Command to protect oil supplies from the gulf, Americans naturally wonder: Why not a military response? The answer is that Iraq is too strong. The country has 1 million battle-hardened men under arms, plus 500 combat aircraft and 5,500 tanks. The U.S. has no ground troops in the region; its presence is limited to six medium-size ships of the Joint Task Force * Middle East, based on the island of Bahrain. The aircraft carrier Independence is steaming toward a station off the Straits...
...nine of its managers for a conspiracy that involved falsifying repair records and failing to maintain its aircraft. The 60 counts are the first criminal charges for poor maintenance ever leveled against an airline. They cover a period from 1985 to October 1989, six months before Shugrue took command from union-buster Frank Lorenzo, head of Eastern's parent, Continental Airlines Holdings. The indictment is a major blow to the trustee's struggle to revitalize the airline, which has been losing more than $1 million a day since a machinists' strike began last year...
...Burns ("I have a very, very hands-on approach") to go through the whole drill -- the 5:45 a.m. hikes, the Win/Win negotiating workshop, the Take This Job and Love It seminar. She could write the book on most of it. She does not need a dawn trek to command explosive animal energy all day. Her touch at negotiating is magic -- people can't seem to tell whether they have come out of a deal with gold or dross, but whatever it is, they're happy. In her professional career Burns has held three positions and adored each...
...believes oil should be used as a weapon in the Arab fight against Israel and its supporters, notably the U.S. If Saddam were gradually able to absorb Kuwait -- and Baghdad has long claimed, without any historical basis, that the country should rightfully be part of Iraq -- he would command an additional 10.3% of the world's proven oil reserves, making his country the unrivaled No. 2 oil power...