"I wasn't commanding anything from the get-go," Marcum said.
Unlike previous governments, Thatcher's never commanded anything close to a majority in a general election.
We're not really powerful as far as being a sort of national presence demanding or commanding anything.
The 12-tone commando squad never commanded anything during the fractious, much maligned 1960's, the line goes.
Ernest Race, John and Sylvia Reid and to some extent Robin Day don't command anything like the commercial values of their Scandinavian or American contemporaries," he says.
With the right command, anything can be built, from a molecular structure to an animated film to an architect's plan for a town hall.
Westport proved to be one of the strongest areas, where a three-bedroom, semi-detached house could command anything up to €250,000, compared with about €180,000 in 2016.
There were many objections to the Brexit bill, making clear that no approach to leaving the European Union commanded anything close to majority support.
The group MomsRising has jumped into the U.S. political debate, hosting video chats with senators and speaking on issues like health care and equal pay, but it does not command anything near the level of attention accorded to Mumsnet.
It is far from clear that companies like MF Global are important enough in the global financial markets to command anything close to the level of regulatory attention that is devoted to giants like JPMorgan Chase or Citigroup.
An earthy pop-gospel contralto whose voice has marked similarities to that of the legend she is remembering, Ms. Marrow does not command anything like the stupendous power and fervency that Jackson wielded.
