Word: generality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nearly three months have passed since drug indictments were brought against General Manuel Antonio Noriega in Florida and the Administration signaled its determination to unseat the strongman. Noriega remains firmly in control, despite opposition strikes, U.S. economic sanctions, and the dispatch of 1,300 additional U.S. troops to Panama. The economic noose intended to yank Noriega from power is instead choking Panama's banking, construction, retail and tourism industries. Says a young businessman in Panama City: "Noriega has made fools of the Americans, and we are the ones who have suffered...
...situation worsens, the perception is growing in Panama that the U.S. joined battle with Noriega armed only with a firm conviction that the general would slink away on cue. At a secret meeting, Panamanian opposition leaders asked U.S. embassy officers to spell out their plans for dealing with Noriega. A U.S. official reiterated Washington's familiar posture: Noriega must leave Panama, with no guarantees that he will not be extradited to the U.S. from a third country. "Do you mean to tell us that the U.S. set off on this venture without considering the possibility that it wouldn't work...
...even those who oppose a vote on divestment do not disagree that the Board has the right to hold such an opinion. Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54 says that the issue raised by the divestment vote, should have little to do with the strictures of the founding charter...
...coaching milestone was reached this weekend by an EIBL field general. Navy's Joe Duff won his 500th game in the Midshipmen's 1-0 victory over Princeton on Saturday. Duff's record now stands...
...nice for us to do," Petrovek, now the general manager of the AHL's Utica Devils, recalled, "though I think we caught them [Team USA] early in the year...