Word: relationship
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...Cubans and Soviets, not to mention repressing his own people. Yet Noriega, the Commander of the Panama Defense Forces and de facto dictator since 1983, has been adept at exploiting his country's strategic position. Although he openly cuddles up to Havana, he has long enjoyed a cozy relationship with the CIA, and his country plays host to the headquarters of the 10,000 troops of the U.S. Southern Command...
...After pro-Noriega demonstrators damaged the U.S. embassy in Panama in June, Washington suspended military and economic aid; the freeze will continue, suggested Secretary of State George Shultz, until Panama's military gets out of politics. "There's been a decision made that we can afford to let the relationship deteriorate a little bit," says a State Department policymaker. The Pentagon and some in the intelligence community, concerned about Cuban activity in Panama, are coming to a similar conclusion. Explains one official: "Now the consensus is rising that we're better off without him than with...
...Hispanics. One old lesson apparently still holds. "It really doesn't matter where you come from or what your language is," observes Educational Historian Diane Ravitch. "If you arrive with high aspirations and selfdiscipline, schools are a path to upward mobility." Particularly when there is a close working relationship between the school and the family. "Schools cannot do the job alone," says Ernest Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation. "But schools must work much harder for all parents to be partners in the process...
...successful franchiser and franchisee form a symbiotic relationship that enriches them both. The franchiser can expand a new company without having to borrow huge amounts of capital. Franchisees pay an up-front fee, which usually covers certain training and furnishings, to become part of a chain. The cost is typically lower for companies that do not require much equipment or for chains that are just starting up. The fee can be as little as $9,750 for the business cards and other materials needed to open a Coustic-Glo franchise, which specializes in cleaning ceilings, or as much...
...Lyndon Johnson, says the historical record abruptly changes in the early 1940s, when people began to rely on the telephone more than the mail. "Through Johnson's detailed correspondence with his patron Alvin Wirtz and others, you could trace the most intricate deals and such matters as his stormy relationship with Sam Rayburn," says Caro. "Then, at a crucial moment, just when you want to know what someone is thinking, you'll run into a telegram or note saying 'Phone me tonight.' That's when you feel the impact of the telephone right in your gut." In researching L.B.J...