The ISS has suffered a series of glitches since Tuesday that left ground controllers with only tentative command.

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Or how do you foresee that, alas, it may not work if the general in command on the ground has to go through both the United Nations in New York and the African Union in Addis Ababa?

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He also promoted the once-heretical idea of using mobile ground forces and a streamlined chain of command to "get inside the enemy's decision cycle" and hasten its collapse.

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However, that would mean a return to ground zero for Samsung considering that Windows Phones currently command only about 3% market share.

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One poet described his poetic vocation as a violent assault: his personal jinni had appeared to him without any warning, thrown him to the ground and forced the verses from his mouth.1 So, when Muhammad heard the curt command "Recite!"

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For the first time, on-the-ground soldiers will be able to fire at a hidden opponent without having to go up the chain of command to ask for a precision air strike and waste precious time doing so.

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