Word: tokenism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...February, Williams said the advisory groups were playing little more than a token role in the process...
...also commit that I will not just have a token Hispanic-American," he said. "I will search across the country and find people of different backgrounds...
...Chiefs of Staff, together with Aristide for a 90-minute meeting on Tuesday, when details of the invasion were discussed. The U.S. also began enlisting Haitian refugees from Guantanamo to participate in an interim police force that would step in to replace the Haitian army and restore order. A token force of about 300 troops from eight Caribbean nations would then join a larger international peacekeeping force that would quickly replace U.S. units and train a permanent new Haitian security force. "The military mission is to restore democratic processes," says a senior U.S. official. "But we're not going...
...troops likely won't be part of an invasion, TIME's Thompson says, the operations-level staff at the Pentagon is eager to draw a "fig leaf" of international cover over their all-U.S. invasion cast, Persian Gulf-style. If force is used, he says, look for a token contingent from Canada...
This summer proved to be chockedfull of some wonderful filmmaking. By the same token, it had some real losers. Below is a brief list accompanied by our abbreviated opinions. Make up your mind, since exams, or just your summer, are over, and go support and Hollywood monolith. Here goes...