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...James Adelstein, a professor of medical biophysics at HMS, said that while this is an exciting project, it is too early to assess its impact on the field...
...1980s, you never made a sandwich when Darryl Strawberry stepped up to the plate. You couldn't keep your eyes off that long, looping swing that sent many moon shots into the right field seats. He even once hit a ball that sailed so high, it struck the roof of Montreal's Olympic Stadium. Strawberry was a near-lock for the Hall of Fame...
...Mets just moved from Shea Stadium, an old and rundown ballpark that was commonly described as a "dump," to sparkling new Citi Field. Do you miss Shea? I miss Shea. I've got no memories at Citi Field. All my memories are at Shea...
...second day as President, Barack Obama ordered the agency to use the Army Field Manual as its interrogation playbook. The manual, originally written for Cold War prisoners but updated in 2006, states that "no [detainee], regardless of nationality or physical location, shall be subject to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment as defined in U.S. law." It also categorically states that harsh interrogation techniques are essentially useless. "Beyond being impermissible, these unlawful and unauthorized forms of treatment are unproductive because they may yield unreliable results, damage subsequent collection efforts, and result in extremely negative consequences at national and international...
...techniques in the manual give interrogators adequate ammunition in the war on terrorism? The military stands firmly by its document. In a May 2007 letter to troops in Iraq, General David Petraeus wrote, "Our experience in applying the interrogation standards laid out in the Army Field Manual ... published last year shows that the techniques in the manual work effectively and humanely in eliciting information from detainees...