Dimitri Trenin, of the Carnegie Moscow Centre, says this is a triangle in which Beijing rather than Washington is in the commanding position: "The US needs to realise that it's most serious competitor in the 21st century can now rely more than ever on the resources and support of its 20th century adversary.
Your desk is like your bed in your bedroom, you need to have it in the commanding position, which means as far away from the door as possible, either at an angle or with your back to the wall so that you don't feel overwhelmed.
The whole communist elite has had time to simply change masks–some became "democrats," some became businessmen but they have successfully held on to all the commanding positions, both in Moscow and in the provinces.
And despite being yet another Catholic, making a potential five on the court, Mr Alito seems to believe in restricting rather than overturning Roe v Wade: he struck down a New Jersey law banning partial-birth abortion because it did not include an exemption for cases where the mother's life is at risk.Second, the Republicans are in a commanding position in the Senate.
England's bowlers backed up the good work of their batsmen to leave the hosts in a commanding position after three days of the third Test against India in Southampton.
Rodgers' side signed off before the international break, however, in a commanding position, with the League Cup final against Aberdeen to look forward to later in the month.
Fantastic multiplayer maps, wonderfully apocalyptic destruction and the tight, taut action we've come to expect from the series, Battlefield 4 is in a commanding position as the top military shooters make the generational crossover.
In just a matter of hours, the Yankees could transform their current image as aging, fading champions and be in a commanding position in the first round of the playoffs.
The Giants are in a commanding position not only because they have the second-best record in the N.F.C., behind Minnesota (11-2), but also because they defeated their chief division rival, Philadelphia, twice and because their division record is 6-1 and their conference record is 8-3.
In addition, the officer, Lt. Col. Shalom Eisner, will not receive a planned promotion to serve as the deputy commander of the military's prestigious officer school, and will not be eligible to serve in a commanding position for the next two years, the military said in a statement.
China, were in a commanding position in the ninth end, but errors cost them a first-ever men's Olympic curling medal.
