Word: commandingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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However he feels about marriage, Bach is wedded to Jonathan and to its source of inspiration. Several times while flying, Bach has heard a voice give him a sharp command which he followed on instinct; it saved his life, he insists. Yet he admits to being nervous about acting as a vehicle for what he long thought of as the alien force that gave him Jonathan. Because he believes in most of what the book illustrates he has also been a bit worried that readers would refuse to take it seriously once they knew about its "kooky" origin...
...deals with public life, George Kennan's second volume of memoirs does not appear to have a terribly interesting subject. But even if the period was the boring middle act of a bad tragedy, Kennan's attempts to divert the course of events into less static lines command attention, if only for the force of his personality...
...From that moment on," Jackie Robinson said, "I defended myself against anti-Negro insults with all the force at my command." His stick grew no smaller, but his footsteps rang loud and proud. He took no grief and did not hesitate to let the world know what he thought was wrong with...
Ethnics are leaving the Democrats this election because they feel the party does not want them, and for a while that seemed to be the case. Those who seized command of the party in Miami
Many aspects of Aeroflot are difficult to assess. As the civilian arm of the Soviet Military Air Command, the airline is shrouded in security. Aeroflot pilots generally receive the same training -rated good by Western experts-as those in the Soviet military. They also have to undergo a physical examination before each flight. As for its planes, the airline itself clearly has doubts about one of them. All Antonov-10 aircraft, formerly workhorses of the Aeroflot domestic fleet, have been removed from passenger service since the Ukraine crash...