By twisting it around it seems to flow a little better, or at least it does for my minimalist command of the language.
Satyavati coaxed Vyasa to have niyoga with his brother's widows, saying: "from affection for thy brother Vichitravirya, for the perpetuation of our dynasty, for the sake of this Bhishma's request and my command, for kindness to all creatures, for the protection of the people and from the liberality of thy heart, O sinless one, it behooveth thee to do what I say".
The men under my command are clamorous for retaliation".
"I fully accept responsibility and accountability for my actions while in command," he wrote, "and deeply regret that my missteps have placed the Navy in this position".
"The H-bomb," wrote Father Divine last winter, "is coming out of my intuitive and inspirationic command, for my spirit speaketh and speaketh psychologically, intuitively, and inspirationally and guides the destinies of the nations of the earth," "My 'Assumption,'" wrote Salvador Dali last week, referring to one of his new paintings, "is the opposite of the atomic bomb.
"I've got 13 guys missing and unaccounted for from my immediate command, and that means I have 13 wives that I have to call and talk to," he said.
Not a good thing for my first assignment as an Army journalist for command headquarters.
My vote is for Eric Schlosser's Command and Control (Allen Lane).
And I kept asking my chain of command for certain things... like rules and regulations".
"My wife always says I wrote that book from the attic, because I had kept all my research," he said of "Unfit for Command".
