"The Directory of Available Executives," published by outplacement firm Lee Hecht Harrison Inc., includes thumbnail listings of hundreds of managers and others who have lost their jobs over the past year.
The government's first witness was Steven Ropp, a political science professor from the University of Wyoming, who was called to give jurors a thumbnail history of Panama and its military from 1904 to the mid-1980s.
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney next week will give budget negotiators a "thumbnail sketch" showing the effect various defense cut proposals will have on the armed services, his spokesman said Thursday.