All 6 Uses of
personnel
in
Killing Kennedy
- The young American president was attempting a deft diplomatic maneuver, hoping to confront a very real threat by not allowing U.S. military personnel actually to take part.†
p. 50.7 *
- All navy and marine personnel are about to have their duty tours extended indefinitely.†
p. 119.8
- General Mai Huu Xuan of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) leads a convoy consisting of an armored personnel carrier and two jeeps into the church courtyard.†
p. 230.6
- Soldiers then tie the hands of the president and his brother behind their backs, and the two are placed inside an armored personnel carrier—ostensibly for their own protection.†
p. 230.8
- Airport personnel leave their desks inside the terminal and jostle into position near the chain-link fence separating the runway from the parking lot.†
p. 257.5
- It is Dave Powers, not hospital personnel, who finally sets aside his tears and lifts Connally out by the legs and onto a gurney.†
p. 273.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(personnel) people employed by an organization or members of the military
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, Personnel may refer to the department of a firm that deals with what today is more commonly called Human Resources and which acts as a company-wide interface with employees. See the related Wikipedia article for a discussion.