Word: detailism
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...Yorker, meticulously demonstrates that the Administration, fully aware that as many as a third of the detainees in Guantánamo may have had no connection to terrorism, still proceeded with medieval treatment that the Red Cross warned was "categorically" torture. Mayer's work (nearly 400 pages of sometimes graphic detail) may defeat the casual reader. But her account of secret prisons, black-hooded renditions in the middle of the night and unexplained detainee deaths is necessary reading for those who would understand how the Bush Administration came to turn away from the light...
...University President Drew G. Faust, the long-time Islam professor confirmed to The Crimson last week. But the Kenyan-born scholar said he has not yet received an official letter of offer from the University and added that he is considering a competing job offer, which he declined to detail...
...Over at Mirwais' store, even the staff seem to believe they're actually affiliated with the real KFC, and when Mirwais is absent, one employee explains in detail an arrangement with KFC corporate that includes a five-year contract period, stipulations about naming rights, and training trips to Dubai - all of which Mirwais summarily dismisses. Nor have the authorities raised intellectual property concerns with the various local KFC imitators; officials from various arms of government are more likely to come looking for bribes...
...dearth of wolves and cougars helped spur an infestation of white-tailed deer that munched Wisconsin's forests to the nub and how an absence of jaguars paradoxically caused a Panamanian reserve's bird population to wither. Stolzenburg narrates these cautionary tales with a conservationist's attention to ecological detail and a childlike reverence for flesh-tearing beasts. His infectious enthusiasm should spark even in bug-wary urbanites a renewed appreciation for nature's complexity...
...scenario is being ruled out, and Andyar did not have any special security detail. One possible explanation is that the 19-year-old may be seeking asylum somewhere in Europe, following repeated threats and humiliation from Muslim extremists, including false rumors that she was a prostitute. Nick Davies, spokesman for the IAAF, the world track-and-field governing body, said there had been no signs that Andyar was having second thoughts about competing in Beijing. "It was quite a surprise to us," Davies told TIME. "We don't know where she is. All we know is that...