Word: personnel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rickety, open vessels. Last week 51 of them -- eight men, 17 women and 26 children -- learned they had risked their lives for nothing. Awakened at 3 a.m. at the Phoenix House refugee detention center in Kowloon, they were asked to gather their belongings, then herded into trucks by government personnel, some equipped with batons and shields. From there they were taken to Kai Tak Airport and put aboard a jet. Destination: Hanoi...
...soldiers mobilized along the perimeters of U.S. installations a few miles northwest of Panama City. Lines of armored personnel carriers and trucks stood at the ready inside the boundary of Fort Clayton...
...targeting the lush and peaceful enclave of Escalon, which spreads elegantly along the western fringes of the capital, the insurgents brought the war home to the wealthy. Using luxury cars as barricades against the army's armored personnel carriers and light tanks, the rebels seized about 40 houses. For the most part, they carefully obeyed F.M.L.N. orders not to harm civilians. American officials warned F.M.L.N. representatives in Mexico City and San Salvador against endangering the lives of U.S. diplomats. None were hurt, but some envoys had close calls. On Thursday a chartered jet evacuated 234 civilian workers and dependents...
...plot had barely begun. Just after midnight, as Manila slept, a contingent of 200 Philippine marines and Scout Rangers stationed themselves above a strategic highway leading to Fort Bonifacio, headquarters of the Philippine army, and suburban Villamor Air Base. Accompanied by two armored personnel carriers, the soldiers were armed with automatic rifles and supplied with mortars. On their left sleeves they bore a strange white patch with the letters RAM-SFP. The first three initials identified the men as members of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement, an organization of Young Turks that was thought to have been disbanded after...
...interview yesterday, Wilson attributed Danforth's withdrawal to problems caused by a single individual in the personnel office. She said that both Bush and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu have assured Sullivan that abortion will not be a litmus test issue for the NIH position...