Word: garnering
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...while the honorary appointment might not garner Berwick VIP treatment in the U.S., it catapults him to one of the most distinguished echelons of British society...
Patrolling the mean streets and manicured lawns of Southern California, Raymond Chandler's tough, noble P.I. was a natural for Hollywood. He has been played by Robert and George Montgomery, by James Garner and James Caan, but Bogie did it best in Howard Hawks' 1946 version of a novel whose plot was so labyrinthine, even Chandler couldn't say who killed the chauffeur. There's also Bogie's Baby, Lauren Bacall, as the distressing damsel, and a trunkload of noir atmospherics...
...interrogators what they wanted to hear. I find it significant that when Detainee 063 finally confessed to al-Qaeda involvement, he stated he was doing it "to get out of here." The interrogation techniques currently used by the U.S. on suspected terrorists appear unethical and outrageous and will only garner us more enemies. Roya Fouladi Santa Ana, California...
Slavery is a problem that I am confident most decent human beings will oppose, but they cannot take action if they do not know that it still exists. My frustration at the inabilty to garner the support that I was hoping to generate for the public awareness campaign demonstrates how the lack of awareness is a problem that feeds itself: people will not support a public awareness campaign about slavery, because they do not know that slavery still exists...
...interrogators what they wanted to hear. I find it significant that when Detainee 063 finally confessed to al-Qaeda involvement, he stated he was doing it "to get out of here." The interrogation techniques currently used by the U.S. on suspected terrorists appear unethical and outrageous and will only garner us more enemies...