And although al-Hakim never held a government position, he commanded respect from those who did.
He spoke fluent English, and commanded slavish devotion from his agents.
In Afghanistan, Gen Allen commanded coalition troops from 50 different countries, which commentators say gives him the experience to deal with the often sensitive and conflicting wishes of Nato's 28 member states and 22 partners.
In an existence of almost 25 years, the SFO has never commanded much respect from the police or from its counterparts at the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the City watchdog - whose own performance in taking action against financial wrongdoers is perceived to have improved from a very low base.
Designed as entertainment for their friends, these larky experiments commanded the same respect from the art market then that they do now: almost none.
The key demographic for low-priced beer drinkers is blue-collar males in their 20s, who might shy away from the premium prices commanded by craft beers.
For an complex multi-national mission like the Libyan operation the obvious candidates would be Nato - which, for example, commanded the operation to eject Serbian forces from Bosnia - or an established US headquarters like Centcom - which ran the invasion of Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein.
On the one hand, all but one of Mr Kerry's crewmates from the two Swift Boats he commanded in Vietnam have rallied to his side.
He's the guy who commanded the Army's First Armored Division in Iraq from 2004 to 2005.
Brig Monro was commissioned to the Queen's Own Highlanders in 1972 and commanded the 52nd Lowland Brigade, based in Edinburgh Castle, from 1998 to 2001.
They persuaded small-business owners and professionals to shift their allegiance from the liberal and socialist parties, which had commanded their votes in 2007, to the Islamists, in November 2011.
From a valuation perspective, the numbers across the board commanded for Sybase were rich.
From the moment Jack arrived in this world, he commanded all the attention in a room.
He was a very strong manager who commanded respect, I think, throughout the industry as well as from those who worked with him.
's first-quarter profit rose about 16 percent as it commanded higher prices for its cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products and it benefited from adjustments to a longstanding legal settlement.
"On the diplomatic and political fronts, in the time I have been prime minister, I cannot recall a situation that has commanded so quickly such a powerful coalition of support -- not just from those countries directly involved in military action but from many others in all parts of the world, " he said.
Not discussed enough, however, are the obvious problems that would result from regulations meant to achieve an outcome that the markets haven't already commanded.
It's where he landed after returning from Vietnam, and where he was stationed in the mid-1970s when he commanded a Navy attack squadron.
No individual commanded greater respect within the IOC than Juan Antonio Samaranch, the man who had led the organisation for 21 years from 1980 to 2001.
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