If Shiite paramilitary organizations are not incorporated into a new army -- with freshly minted Shiite officers in commanding positions -- it is unlikely that the new Iraq can survive.
She is as quintessentially feminine as the room is unabashedly masculine, with its full-length portraits of ancient military heroes "standing in commanding positions," Dr. Hite notes, and presumably meant to inspire Britain's business leaders.
But early front-runners have found their perceived leads to be ephemeral — just ask Hillary Rodham Clinton or Rudolph W. Giuliani, who seemed to be in commanding positions at times during the 2008 presidential campaign — and Republican voters seem to be in no rush to commit.
Brian McBride and Eddie Johnson scored to lead the United States soccer team to a 2-0 victoverovEl Salvadordon on Saturday night and put the Americans in commanding position to advance to the final round of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup.
Cain has yet to allow an earned run in 21 1/3 playoff innings — better than Lincecum, better than Cliff Lee, who took the loss for Texas in Game 1 — and his masterly effort put the Giants in commanding position.
After an overtime win in Game 1 and a double-overtime win in Game 2, the Kings won a relative laugher, 3-0, in Game 3, putting them in commanding position and leaving the Rangers in a desperate hole.
I looked at the children of Charles Duquet's sons — third generation Dukes — who were now moving into commanding positions in the family timber company.
Over time, these forces — whom Netanyahu has drawn into his coalition, and with whom he probably sympathizes but cannot easily control — have assumed commanding positions in the Likud Party, in key ministries, in the Army, and in the legal system.
At the same time, he prospered in business; in 1860, he founded the Germania Life Insurance Company, which, by the time of his death, four decades later, occupied a commanding position in the trade.
Having occupied a commanding position in the Chinese e-commerce market as recently as 2004, eBay is now in the position of being a global Internet giant reaching out for local help to what is, by comparison, a small Internet player.
"But Hampshire's already commanding position in the game was due to all their seam bowlers gaining some swing and at times some seam movement out of an easy-paced pitch.
