Word: mix
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Under Torrijos, the Democratic Revolutionary Party (P.R.D.) became a vehicle through which once powerless nonwhites exerted new political influence. The ( party, in turn, benefited from its tight relationship with the PDF, which dispensed patronage favors. Thus, when the U.S. demands Noriega's resignation, it steps into Panama's complex mix of race and class politics. "This is a battle that is much larger than Noriega," says a senior official of the P.R.D. "Bush's people say they have no quarrel with the military. The problem is that the old-line oligarchs would use Noriega's expulsion as a chance...
...particular mix of qualifications that an employer prefers will depend on the job being filled. The more you know about what the employer is looking for, the better you can tailor your presentation. If you are an undergraduate, graduating senior, or graduate student seeking summer or part-time employment, your resume will be a presentation that documents your general qualifications, such as your ability to learn quickly, to adapt to new environments, to research, analyze, and solve problems, to work with and lead a team, to follow instructions, to deal with ambiguity, to make decisions, and to communicate effectively...
...quarter-century after the bossa nova, U.S. musicians, led by the likes of David Byrne, are rediscovering Brazil's spicy mix of African rhythm and European melody...
...plus, now, Vanessa's film-star daughters Natasha Richardson, 26 (Patty Hearst), and Joely Richardson, 24 (Drowning by Numbers). In Vanessa's generation, the clan paid a steep emotional price. Says Lynn: "All families are peculiar in some way, but ours was extraordinary, a volatile, emotional and passionate mix, which probably helped us to be good actors. My parents never got us up in the morning or picked us up from school. We could live a week in the same house and not see them once. My father was distant. His main means of communication was acting...
...plays Stanley Sutherland's partner in the fight to prosecute Stolz. Unfortunately, some of the film's more insipid lines are dumped on Mokae, lines such as "hope is a white word" and "the best way to remember a man is to keep fighting." But Mokae managers a convincing mix of spite and tenderness, nonetheless...