Word: commandingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...boss of Lyndon Johnson's visionary effort to build a Great Society. He is a Republican, but he wholly subscribes to Democrat Johnson's dreams for a better nation. "This department touches every American, from the preschool child to the elderly," said Gardner when he accepted its command. "It has been handed an absolutely staggering set of assignments that can result in enormous good to the American people. It must be well-managed. That is an exciting challenge...
...against the "bourgeois reactionaries" bucking Mao. The anti-Maoists were accused of organizing workers into Red Militia Brigades as an answer to the Red Guards, of encouraging labor to stop production and go to Peking to protest against the Cultural Revolution. Putting "not politics but bank notes in command," railed Peking, the anti-Maoists used their control of local party funds to raise wages and welfare allowances, provided the dissident marchers to Peking with handsome travel allowances and new clothes, and doled out choice government housing to their families...
Most CO's reject this interpretation. A sophomore CO pointed out that the Army Field Manual describes the primary duty of the medic as no different than any other soldier--to contribute to the victory of the command. "If I were a medic," he continued, "I'd feel obliged to aid the most seriously injured first, regardless of whether they were friend or enemy. The army doesn't allow that." Another CO said, "If I patch someone up just so he can go back and kill some more, I might as well do the killing myself...
Even so, Costa e Silva has little choice but to continue in Castello Branco's footsteps. Though out of office, Castello Branco will continue to command strong support within the Brazilian army. Just as he helped to overthrow Goulart, he could cause much trouble for Costa e Silva should the new government waver on the austere path he has set for Brazil...
...more, at one point holed up in the Steinway warehouse in Boston for six hours a day. Finally, last week Carter's concerto was given its world premiere, with Erich Leinsdorf and the Boston Symphony. Lateiner's homework paid off. He played with a flair and a command that are rare in such a complex work, and though the concerto provoked a few shudders among antimodernists in the audience, it was a treat worth the travail...