Word: commands
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...Pakistan's military high command dismissed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, placing Sharif and his close associates under arrest. Army Chief Pervez Musharraf proclaimed himself chief executive, declaring a state of emergency, placing the constitution in abeyance and suspending parliament. Sharif's ouster is the fourth successive dismissal of an elected government before it completed its term of office, bringing to an abrupt end the democratic process Pakistan's powerful army had itself put into place in 1988 when it reluctantly transferred power to the political leadership following eleven years of military rule...
...military's dictates over the supreme law of the land, the constitution. Blatant abuse of state power and institutional corruption were rampant in past Pakistani military regimes, but no dictator held himself, or his regime, accountable before the superior courts. Every military withdrawal took place after the high command acquired constitutional protection for its actions. It is unlikely that the present regime will do otherwise...
After suffering through fourth quarter comebacks by the opposing team in each of the past four weeks, Harvard finally took command of a game in its final minutes on Saturday to beat Princeton at the Stadium...
Webster Groves' lasting bitterness made it all the more surprising that school administrators would even consider allowing our team of eight reporters, under the command of assistant managing editor Dan Goodgame, and five photographers, guided by deputy picture editor Hillary Raskin, to invade their world. They were in part impressed with last year's award-winning special issue, "A Week in the Life of a Hospital," about the Duke University Medical Center, which we told them would be a model for this project. But they were also persuaded by our regional ambassador, team member and Midwest bureau chief Ron Stodghill...
...come to a close, scientists have an unthinkable command over the human genome. Years of intense study have made it possible for us to identify the genetic bases for diseases once thought incurable. Already, genetic tests for some 490 diseases are available. Effort applied to research is finally translating into practical benefit for individuals...