Word: commandingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lark. Such responses are typical of scores of men in command of major corporations interviewed last week by TIME correspondents. Hardly anyone would be quoted by name. Businessmen dare not risk alienating whoever wields the vast and increasing power of government. The majority are certain that Nixon will win re-election and do not want him to read and remember even the most mildly critical opinions; those disposed to compliment the President often do so privately lest a possible Democratic successor mark their words. Most doubt that Nixon has brought the nation's foreign or economic problems under control...
Moral Growth. At 6 ft. 4 in., Bun ting has what is called "command pres ence." The son of a Haverford, Pa., real estate man, he was expelled from Penn sylvania's Hill School for "general trou-blemaking," and then, at 17, enlisted in the Marines. After two years, he en rolled at Virginia Military Institute, graduated in 1963 as first captain and third in a class of 1 85. He won a Rhodes scholarship and studied modern British history at Oxford, then settled down to a military career...
Born. To Thomas K. Mattingly Jr., 36, command pilot on the Apollo 16 mission, and Elizabeth Mattingly; their first child, a son; in Texas City, Texas Name: Thomas Kenneth...
...Roman Catholic archdiocesan newspaper in Omaha. The ad was placed by the Citizens Concerned for Preservation of Life. At the same time, McGovern's promise to cut the defense budget by $32 billion alarmed residents around the Offutt Air Force Base, headquarters of the Strategic Air Command...
...began to build a reputation as the best defenseman ever to play the game-and probably the best all-round player as well. He may well be the most accomplished professional athlete currently active in any sport. Unassuming off the ice, Orr takes command when he is on it. And he often seems to be all over it. Sighs Ranger Coach Emile Francis: "Hell, I see him make a fantastic play on our goal, and when we skate back up the ice, he's there to meet...