Sentences with phrase «commands as commands»

And, I have what is called a «high view» of the Bible — stories are interpreted as stories, poetry as poetry, commands as commands, and so forth.

By the way, I hold to a «high view of the Bible» (wherein poetry is interpreted as poetry; history as history; commands as commands; and so forth).

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Army Col. Jeffery R. Nance, the military judge overseeing Bergdahl's case, had ruled in February that Trump's statements as a candidate (and, therefore, a private citizen) didn't rise to the level of undue command influence.

Harley, which commands about half of the U.S. big - bike market, has seen its U.S. market share erode in recent years as it grapples with an ageing customer base, weak demand from younger buyers and discounts offered by rivals.

Given Clinton's interest in Cuban, here are some other business leaders she might consider as second in command.

As the streets began to flood over the weekend the command center began ordering stores to shut down.

«As each natural disaster goes by, we hone our processes already in place so we can react quicker and faster the next time this happens,» said Pete Capel, a 26 - year Home Depot veteran and merchandising executive in charge of the hurricane command center.

Over the next three days — as Harvey gained power and made landfall early on Saturday — the world's largest home improvement retailer set up a temporary hurricane command center at its Atlanta headquarters.

Much of the cocaine from the region — Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru are the world's biggest producers — travels to the US, plying sea and air routes in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean, as shown by the map below, which was prepared by US Southern Command and displayed at the hearing.

The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.

The bigger the company, the larger the paycheque you can command — and that doesn't count other compensation such as stock or performance bonuses, common at the higher end of the leadership ladder.

Last week, U.S. Navy Adm. Philip Davidson, the expected nominee to replace U.S. Pacific Command Chief Adm. Harry Harris, described China's increased presence in the South China Sea as «a substantial challenge to U.S. military operations in this region.»

Fisher, 38 years old at the time, was regarded as a wunderkind who had quickly risen through the ranks at Target's American command post in Minneapolis, from a lowly business analyst to leader of a team of 400 people across multiple divisions.

These run from discount clubs with memberships as low as $ 9.99 a month to high - end boutique studio sessions commanding over $ 50 for 45 minutes.

By now, many of us have heard about or might even own one of the popular, sleek multi-functional voice - first devices, such as the Amazon Echo, also known as «Alexa», the name used when waking the device to give a verbal command.

In 2006 he joined Coach as head of its Japan business; he rose to head its international division, and by 2013 he'd been named second - in - command and was being groomed for the top job.

Instead, the command will need to «not appear as being part of the task at hand — which means the robot must think it's deciding to turn itself off instead of obeying the orders of a pesky human.

Patton, who commanded the US's 7th Army in Europe and the Mediterranean during World War II, is perhaps just as well known for his amazing insight into what makes for excellent and successful leadership.

When Whitman signaled she was leaving HP, Katzenberg approached her and she was immediately taken with what she saw as a big opportunity to seize on the momentum that mobile platforms were commanding as a consumer touchpoint.

The plane is equipped with cutting - edge secure communications equipment, allowing it to serve as a flying command center if the U.S. is under attack.

And they could have commanded as much as $ 250,000 for their services.

They'll be relationship - centric, prefer engaging rather than commanding, and consistently act as though they, too, are part of the team.

While Samsung doesn't command the same fanaticism as Apple in the US, the smartphone manufacturer still accounts for a 30 % share of smartphones in the country.

For other cryptocurrency such as XRP, trading in the Korean won commands a premium to U.S. dollars.

At times controllers are using Reapers, Predators or both «combined in a formation» as a more efficient way of using their sensors, according to Lt. Col. Eric Winterbottom, chief of the Commander's Action Group, U.S. Air Forces Central Command.

You can say the words «OK Google» followed by a command such as «play «Bohemian Rhapsody.»»

Washington described its targets as a centre near Damascus for the research, development, production and testing of chemical and biological weapons, a chemical weapons storage site near the city of Homs, and another site near Homs that stored chemical weapons equipment and housed a command post.

McChrystal still marvels at JSOC's old organizational hierarchy as a model of order, with groups operating in silos and a chain of command to communicate.

Bennett and then - head of the Southern Command Maj. Gen. Sami Turgeman were opposed to aerial bombardments, while most others saw the tactic as having both benefits and costs.

Making a genuine smile — also known as a Duchenne smile — is nearly impossible to do on command.

Others have experimented with the Kinect as a 3 - D camera, and an MIT student has built a robot with a Kinect for a head that can see its environment and obey verbal commands.

The command from the top could be as obvious as «I've got the ball on the Tipton account,» or as subtle as «Let me know when you're done with your analysis of the Tipton account — I want to take a look at your recommendations.»

Maybe so, but the money paid to Paralympians isn't nearly what Olympians earn — at least in the U.S. «In the U.K., they're commanding seven figures in endorsement deals,» said Snyder, citing the London Paralympics as the bellwether.

Air Mobility Command also intends to improve its current active fleet of airlifters, «upgrading the avionics to improve communications, navigation and surveillance / air traffic management compliance as well as adding new safety equipment and installing a new autopilot system,» according to an Air Force release.

Capt. Kathleen Atanasoff, a spokeswoman for AFCENT, cautioned that the numbers released by the command — which includes assets and actions under the Combined Forces Air Component Commander, or CFACC — don't reflect the «entirety of kinetic activity in OIR,» such as assets belonging to coalition partners or other U.S. components, like the Combined Joint Land Component Commander and Special Operations Joint Task Force.

And as brands increasingly rely on social media to market services and products, influencers like FuckJerry can often command tens of thousands of dollars for a single post, delivering measurable results to their clients.

«At 7:32 p.m. local time today, US forces - Afghanistan conducted a strike on an ISIS - K tunnel complex in Achin district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, as part of ongoing efforts to defeat ISIS - K in Afghanistan in 2017,» US Central Command said in a statement, referring to the ISIS branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan, ISIS - Khorasan.

During WWII, Eisenhower said, «In a war such as this, when high command invariably involves a president, a prime minister, six chiefs of staff, and a horde of lesser «planners,» there has got to be a lot of patience — no one person can be a Napoleon or a Caesar.»

They command or supervise operations of ships and water vessels, such as tugboats and ferryboats.

«The Women's March stands out as a remarkable example of leadership that eschews «command and control» in favor of «connect and collaborate,» two - way over one - way conversation, and wielding moral over formal authority.»

As gift items are targeted more precisely, they command higher prices.

The multiple changes in course reportedly suggest the plane was still under the command of a pilot, but as Smith pointed out, it's hard to know for sure.

After years of iPhone users getting let down by Siri, the first truly mainstream voice agent, Amazon billed the Echo as a speaker that, by the way, has a few smart voice commands built in.

Windows still commands an over 80 % share of PC operating systems and IE ships pre-installed with each copy of Windows (although not exclusively in the European market as of Windows 7).

In 2012, Obama sent Army personnel to Arizona and Texas as part of a joint operation between US Northern Command and US Customs and Border Patrol.

«Act as if you're the president of the firm,» he commands.

Though both systems have touch screen and voice command, UVO can add widgets to the screen, such as RSS feeds, weather reports, and social networking sites.

Here's how to quickly position yourself as an authority that will command attention from your prospective audience before you have a laundry list of testimonials.

If your desktop is full of icons (such as screenshots you no longer need), you can hold down «command» then drag your cursor over several of them to select multiple files, folders or apps at a time.

Because rule - based bots require an exact command input, consumers will likely lose patience and give up as soon as it does not detect the flow of the conversation.