Word: commandeering
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Bush will reaffirm U.S. commitments to a consensual approach to fighting the drug lords. He will applaud Colombia's six-month-old crackdown against the drug barons. He will offer reassurances that except for the soldiers stationed at the U.S. Southern Command in Panama, there will be no American troops left in the region after the U.S. completes the withdrawal of its invasion force from Panama, perhaps by the end of this month. Bush hopes that once those assurances are given, Barco will agree to the deployment of the antismuggling naval task force and the installation of a U.S.-built...
...person's simple humanity ought to be enough to command respect and care from every other member of society. It rarely is. Sophisticated observers may scoff at the Fatimites for relying on myth and superstition, but they cannot scoff at the selflessness and humanity that Fatimite beliefs fostered...
...often that a general shows such passion about cutting the forces under his command. That is but one indication of the historic opportunity facing America's political leadership. For once they should feel inspired to look ahead, not back at the last...
Soprano June Anderson, opera's newest diva, evokes comparisons to Maria Callas -- for her command of bel canto as well as her tendency to stir things...
...strong backer of Doe, has assigned two military advisers to counsel the Liberian command on how to restore and maintain army discipline. But asked when the killing would stop, one Monrovia-based diplomat gave this reply: "When the army runs out of ammunition...