Word: understands
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater issued a statement in Washington saying, "We understand that President Delvalle today dismissed Gen. Noriega from his position as commander of the Panama Defense Forces...
...doesn't understand she is being used," Thompson said. "A lot of kids don't understand when they are being used...
...will be dissected to determine their age and reproductive history. Fair enough, but the whale meat produced will turn up at restaurants in Japan. And that, says Commerce Department Spokesman Brian Gorman, "gives rise to concerns that this may be a thinly veiled commercial hunt." The Japanese people cannot understand why killing an unendangered species should cause such a ruckus. "Americans eat beef," they say. "Why can't we eat whale...
...employees with a complaint or a suggestion, and lunches in the company cafeteria, as do his top executives. The company supports a day-care center for employees' children, lets many workers choose their hours and regularly assigns senior managers to awareness-training courses to help them understand subordinates' family-related needs...
...accusation. But Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York, one of Noriega's bluntest antagonists, said he found Blandon's charges eminently credible. "The fact is," he said, "that Noriega -- this thug and racketeer -- has been on the payroll of the CIA for many years and remained there, I understand, until rather recently...