Word: fewness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Meanwhile, nearly 1900 newly deployed U.S. troops dispatched by President Bush settled into tents around bases a few miles from the city.
The Panamanian government, which has issued few statements all week, had no reaction to Bush's call Saturday for Panamanians and the nation's 15,000-member Defense Forces to oust the general. As head of the Defense Forces, Noriega is the country's de facto ruler.
The government did say that the country was so calm Saturday that many soldiers were given leave. Few troops were visible, even at the central barracks where Noriega lives.
The net result of the court's ruling, say legal experts, is that firms will be under pressure to root out bias among individuals making important personnel decisions. "The court is saying to employers they should examine their processes and make sure they have objective standards," says Douglas McDowell of...
His malapropisms -- calling the French painter "Toujours Lautrec," asking some fellow schemers to "include me out" of a deal -- gained Samuel Goldwyn a perverse fame as the archetypal Hollywood immigrant mogul, crude and semiliterate. But as A. Scott Berg demonstrates in this readable, richly researched biography, Goldwyn was never an...