Word: liaisoning
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...that language barriers were a key factor in the mistaken shooting down of a U.S. plane by a Peruvian military jet in April, killing an American missionary, Veronica Bowers, and her daughter Charity. The CIA-contracted U.S. pilots, watching from a surveillance plane, repeatedly voiced concerns, but a Peruvian liaison official onboard, required to know English, did not understand. An intelligence official says the Peruvian had passed a required test in English, but his "abilities deteriorated as the stress rose." Language fluency is a long-standing CIA problem. On a proficiency scale of 1 (Good morning...
...tempo of the coverage, a rhythm as regular as Susan and Robert Levy's appearances before the waiting cameras at the end of their driveway. After Condit denied the affair in two interviews with police, Levy's aunt and confidant, Linda Zamsky, provided details of their liaison to the Washington Post--details so embarrassing that they rang true. "It accomplished what we wanted," says one of the Levys' allies. That night Condit volunteered to do a third interview--the one in which he finally admitted the affair. The Levys then ramped up their demands, asking that Condit take...
...This was not a deliberation of a purely scientific nature. Frist, a former heart and lung transplant surgeon, carries weight with this White House - because he is a physician, because he has a personal friendship with the President, and also because of his official role as the Senate?s Liaison to the White House. With his decision, the Senator has sent a message to President Bush, who is currently embroiled in the most contentious issue of his short term: Should he or should he not give the go-ahead to federal funding for embryonic stem cell research? Frist's proposal...
...associate provost is a part-time position intended to act as a liaison between the faculty and the central administration—which is comprised of the offices of the president and provost and the vice-presidents. Thompson continued his work in ethics during the ten years since he was named to the position, and will continue to do so this summer and into the future...
...result was the October 1969 report that recommended a Faculty Council as a faculty-elected liaison body between the Faculty and the Dean and instituted a host of new committees aimed to increase the faculty’s consultative role...