Word: breaches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When U.S. troops rushed to Panama's National Police Headquarters two weeks ago to confront a small-scale revolt, they did so without waiting for President Guillermo Endara to ask for help. The reason for the breach of diplomatic procedure? At least four American military officers, including James Steele, head of the U.S. military support group in Panama, were in the building when the rebellion began. After American troops surrounded the headquarters, the officers were allowed to leave. The U.S. embassy then helped Endara make a request...
...other days and enraged studio bosses when she left the set to fly to Washington for President Kennedy's birthday party. As shooting fell further and further behind schedule, Fox executives, already reeling from budget overruns on the Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton extravaganza Cleopatra, fired her and sued for breach of contract. But they quietly hired her back weeks later when co-star Dean Martin, out of loyalty to Monroe, refused to work with the actress chosen to replace her, Lee Remick. Monroe died before filming could resume...
...right as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. No one, including those active opponents of war, would agree that the deployment of troops by itself means "war" as written in the Constitution. To require that the president have Congressional approval for sending troops would be an outrageous breach of the president's Constitutional prerogative...
Noriega's lawyers were outraged by the breach of privacy and rushed to court, where Federal Judge William M. Hoeveler issued an order prohibiting CNN from broadcasting the tapes. The judge reasoned that public disclosure of Noriega's defense strategy might compromise his right to a fair trial...
...unable to ship as much as $60 million in goods. "Software companies have to protect themselves," says Logisticon president Don Gallagher. Revlon says it refuses to pay because the program has failed to perform as promised. The company sued Logisticon last week in California state court for trespassing and breach of contract, calling the repossession "a form of commercial terrorism...