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...killing of innocents, the "disappearance" of countrymen detained by U.S. forces, and the destruction of buildings, including family homes. The last tactic, justified by U.S. commanders as legitimate demolition of military targets, is criticized by human-rights groups like Amnesty International as smacking of collective punishment. As U.S. forces employ more aggressive tactics to take on the resistance, these grievances are only getting worse, setting back the effort to win over local hearts and minds. "Before the Americans came, we heard a lot about their respect for human rights," says Khalid Mustafa Akbar, at a mourning tent for his three...
...that our creations, our documented impressions, can become shared experiences. Even so, the ability to communicate rests more on the works themselves than with the effort that we put into them. Whether one of my written pieces delivers meaning concerns the piece itself, not all the work I employ in finding a message and trying to express it. I’m still left looking inward, studying myself...
Lurie said that he would try to employ Chopra as a paid administrative assistant should he win the election...
...What techniques do you employ to exploit the weak points of your guests while still maintaining a conversational style...
...descended upon me, whisking me away to testing. But the RN did call me back within minutes, and a half hour later when my primary physician showed up, I was already in good care. (Which brings up another thing we should be thankful for—UHS seems to employ the last remaining nurses in the world who are both caring and great at their jobs. I’d grown so used to the businesslike barking of nurses in the outside world, I was surprised when one at UHS put a comforting hand on my shoulder...