Whereas Andy, a subordinate, gave orders just the same.
- On Aug. 14, Chen and the movie producer met with Vice Adm. Wang Hsi-ling, the head of Taiwan's military intelligence network, and two of his subordinates and were given orders to kill Liu.
His lawyers call the charges "legal nonsense" and say low-level subordinates gave the orders to shoot.
Supervisors are deeply involved in their subordinates' work, without giving orders.
Officers were observed giving orders to subordinates on methods of torture to be used on detainees.
It exhorts civilian leaders to query, prod and give orders to their subordinates -- an interesting thesis given the allegations in the military that Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld ignored the advice of senior officers and initially committed insufficient troops to Iraq.
The news broadcasts showed a video of the 44-year-old officer as he stood in a trench near Grozny in early January and gave orders to his subordinates.
That submission is ambiguous (could Alton be under his spell?), and the uncertainty grows as we switch to another location, where a salty-haired fellow (Sam Shepard) gives orders to two subordinates.
The politicians agree, 'Yes, I'll buy this system, if you fix the election my way next time,' and they actually give orders to their subordinates to do it.
But then they would be followed by such statements as, "We don't consider your experience as a Navy officer as management experience, because you gave orders and your subordinates were legally required to follow them or get court martialed.
In her law review article, Ms. Kagan also lauded Supreme Court holdings that Congress can prohibit presidents from firing subordinate officers, which effectively prevents the president from giving orders.
