Sentence examples for seizing command from inspiring English sources

When Putin became President, he set out to stabilize Russian authority, and he did so in the time-honored manner: seizing command of regional governorships; cracking down on political opposition; taking complete control of the legislature, the courts, and state television.

Nevertheless, after returning to Kansas he promptly seized command of the state volunteer brigade, which he helped organize.

NBC seems to have seized command on Mondays at 10 with the new Jill Hennessy series "Crossing Jordan".

But the radicals had formed their own military forces, and, after the Tokugawa army withdrew, they again seized command and successfully repulsed a second Tokugawa expedition.

The label also notes that when prisoners seized command of Attica's D Yard in September 1971, one of their top demands was to be paid the minimum wage.

She neither recused herself from the case to avoid the appearance of impropriety nor asserted herself more vigorously as Comey seized command.

She neither recused herself from the case to avoid the appearance of impropriety, nor did she assert herself more vigorously as Comey seized command.

AT&T moved to complete its acquisition of MediaOne so as to seize command of more than one-third of the nation's cable industry.

The Sacramento Kings, poised to supplant the Lakers, the defending National Basketball Association champions, as the marquee team in the Western Conference, pushed the ball down the floor, ready at last to seize command.

Al Gore and me!" The day ended, or it might as well have, a few hours later with Mr. Koch, who had endorsed Mr. Gore and then effectively seized command of his New York campaign, fiercely accusing the Rev. Jesse Jackson of "contempt and arrogance" for skipping the "Salute to Israel" parade.

But the hosts seized command four minutes after the interval when McGregor could only parry Valencia's fierce drive and Carroll reacted quickest to jab in the loose ball.