Word: formality
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...would tell us how he hears horrific things ... that was probably affecting him psychologically." Authorities took note six months ago when someone with Hasan's name posted messages on the Internet likening suicide bombers to soldiers who protect their buddies by diving atop a live grenade, although no formal inquiry was launched. (See pictures of suicide in recruiters' ranks...
...Thursday, however, Kenya's leaders could no longer avoid dealing with the situation: the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced he will open a formal investigation into the post-election violence, saying there is sufficient evidence to suggest that those behind the bloodshed committed crimes against humanity. Luis Moreno-Ocampo said he hopes the investigation could begin in December. Those suspected of orchestrating the attacks that the Kikuyu and Luo tribes launched on one another could be arrested and transferred to the ICC in The Hague to stand trial. (See pictures of the crisis in Kenya after...
...style is very traditional without being too formal,” Mankiw says. “We have some mementos, like old family heirlooms and photographs, mixed with more modern pieces like guitars. I fool around with the guitar myself...
Favorite wine? “Currently I’m particularly a fan of New Zealand wine. Sauvignon Blancs.”Making our way over to the formal dining room, Mankiw starts to get a little nervous as the table is in a state of disarray, covered with the children’s schoolbooks and homework. “I might get in trouble for this,” he says. “I don’t think my wife wanted us to come in here...
...That was the greatest trip, just unbelievable," Clinton says now. We were sitting in her hotel suite the day after her Jerusalem gaffe, the Secretary in an electric-blue shift rather than her usual formal jacket and pants. She was wearing glasses and appeared rather freckly without her makeup. "I guess that trip has animated and informed everything I've done since," she said. She emerged from the trip reinvigorated, with a new mission. By the end of 1995, at the U.N. Conference on Women in Beijing, the First Lady had propounded a new Clinton Doctrine: "Women's rights...