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...also voted to create an ad-hoc committee on public service that will gather student opinion for the two representatives, who will be its co-chairs...
...town of Jaén, olive trees cover the hills in neat lines. But this year's harvest, which started on Dec. 1, has brought another, more troubling, queue to town: the bread line. Each night, immigrants in search of once plentiful seasonal work find themselves forced to gather outside the city shelter to wait for a hot meal and, if they're lucky, a bed. "I've been working the olive harvest for the past six years," says Abdullah N., a Moroccan migrant who preferred not to give his last name. "But this year, nobody...
...we’re having a bit more success at this point, winning a few more games, winning on the road early, this has helped highlight how good he is. We all know that as the team does well, there are a lot of ways in which individuals can gather accolades and notoriety.”While Lin gains rank throughout the league, a more tangible mark of a truly special player is the honor of being nominated Ivy-League Player of the Year. Only one Harvard player has ever earned this honor—Joe Carrabino...
...rules under consideration would make it easier for government prosecutors to gather evidence that could be used to build cases against the suspected terrorists. One proposal calls for getting rid of the "psychotherapist-patient privilege" for Guantánamo prisoners because, as the document explains, it "greatly restricts the government's access to mental health records." The same argument is made for the "physician-patient privilege" so that detainee medical records might be used at trial. The U.S. Supreme Court has long upheld both privileges for Americans under most circumstances...
...possibility of departing from the field manual standard comes at a critical time. Senior members of Obama's transition staff, including future White House counsel Greg Craig, Attorney General nominee Eric Holder and Democratic Senate staffer Mary DeRosa, have been holding wide-ranging meetings to gather opinions about interrogation policy. Obama does not require Congress's approval to pull back on Bush's current interrogation policies, and an executive order reversing them could be released as early as next January...