Word: person
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...later, three nearby car bombs detonated. In all, three people were killed and more than 30 injured, most of them civilians. The same week, urban commandos set off two car bombs outside the air force general command in Ilopango. Last week the guerrillas bombed Treasury police headquarters, killing one person and wounding several others...
...wears me down as a person. It breaks me. These are not the values I grew...
...content of this does not need to be addressed. The hatred, violence and brutality of this incident speaks for itself. We must guard ourselves against the temptation to dismiss such an incident as an aberration resulting from an extreme person, a rare happening, or the work of a lunatic. The fact is that this incident is not different from countless others being reported in colleges throughout the nation. This incident signals in no uncertain terms the reality of racism which permates society today. It is a painful, shameful and destructive reality from which the Harvard community is not protected...
...employee, handwriting analysts will assess at least 20 different cursive characteristics and advise the prospective employer about the chances of a person's being a future embezzler or goldbrick. Ruth Brayer, president of Graphological Services International of New York, sees signs of dishonesty in illegible handwriting and retraced lines. Brayer, who counts Citibank among her clients, also hears warning bells "when a signature looks different from the rest of a person's handwriting...
...year, admits that his questionnaires are only 88% reliable. Employers should use a written test only to supplement interviews and background checks, Walls points out. Critics of the tests contend that many managers are lazy when it comes to hiring. "They want quick answers to the question 'Will a person be honest?' " explains Jon Bauer, a law professor at the University of Connecticut. "Honesty tests have the look and feel of something scientific...