Word: commandingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Saigon, an official spokesman for the U. S. command said he had no reports of American bombing raids against North Vietnam. He said of Radio Hanoi's report, "If it in fact is true, I have not seen or heard it. Officially, I have nothing...
Most of the 150 war planes from the two carriers joined up to 400 air force aircraft flying from bases in Thailand and South Vietnam in what the U. S. command called a campaign to stem the flow of North Vietnamese war material southward...
Though deeper in correspondents and smarter in production during the last 18 months, the ABC evening news has never been able to command more than about 20% of the three-network audience. All that was missing, ABC News President Elmer Lower concluded, was what he called a "box office value" anchor man. A national survey commissioned from an audience-research firm showed that CBS's Walter Cronkite was America's favorite; No. 2 was not NBC's David Brinkley or Chet Huntley (he was still around then) or even Reynolds' fellow commentator, Howard K. Smith...
...Yovvy is a shy man, and he is not completely poised. He lacks the command presence to reach out and touch people, and he gets flustered when he can't understand people and people can't understand him. But he's an honest man, and I think that should be prized. There's too much two-facedness in big-time football. Athletes get used a lot, but they don't get used here...
Even more than the businesses, the United States military makes its presence felt. There are nine military bases in Puerto Rico occupying about 13 per cent of the land, among this some of the best arable land and some of the best harbors. Installations include a Strategic Air Command base, a Green Beret training camp, an atomic submarine base, and an atomic arsenal...