One was Bejun Mehta, a countertenor with a strong voice, a firm command of color and vibrato, and an ear for the passions of the text.
With the holidays now approaching, the year is on the verge of ending as it began, with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in firm command of the Democratic presidential race and looking rather good for the presidency itself.
With a firm command of Philadelphia's offense, McNabb spreads the wealth, having hit nine teammates for touchdown passes this season.
With "Harbinger" and "Intermezzo," two early works for Ballet Theater, he distinguished himself as a romantic with a firm command of classical ballet.
She has a firm command of, but an easy way with, the written word.
Born in Guatemala in 1971, Halfon writes in Spanish but has a firm command of English.
But for others watching, who know Bush and his family personally, or who witnessed his firm command as Florida's two-term governor, the spectacle is sad and disheartening to see.
The Embassy obeys her firm command and he lives.
Firm commanded world's largest market cap in 2000: $555 billion.
The new firm commands such valuable telecom assets as RCN Corporation RCNCC), building wireless local loop and Internet access facilities, and has good prospects for rights of way from railroad companies linked to Kiewit.
Japanese brokerage firms are typically unwilling to pay the top salaries that analysts for foreign firms command, but Mr. Okubo's move suggests that that is changing.
