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...interrogation law have pointed to the considerable gap between what is permitted under the field manual and what is allowed by a reasonable interpretation of laws and treaties. For example, the field manual prohibits a number of psychological ploys, like "threatening to separate parents from children" and "implying harm to the individual or his property," which might otherwise be allowed under the law in certain circumstances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rollback on Torture? Not So Easy for Obama | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

...killings that now weigh on him like war crimes, he must emerge from his white-picket cave of bitterness and find a purpose for his life: to become a guardian angel to Tao and Sue and an angel of death to anyone who'd do these decent kids harm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Essence of Clint Eastwood | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...make Harvard run. Specifically, many non-department committees, such as History and Literature, rely especially heavily on staff. There is no telling how students’ experiences could be affected without them—or the hundreds of more invisible Harvard workers. Directly or indirectly, the budget crunch will harm student life, but it shouldn’t ruin a staffer’s in the process.Unfortunately, FAS cannot rule out layoffs to inch closer to the $200 million mark. The question for students is how to weigh them against our concerns—and the only answer is equally...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Ask Not | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...about everything but its efforts to rein in outrageous farm subsidies. He is so tight with the sugar industry that he attacked a whistleblower who reported safety problems after an explosion at a Georgia mill killed 14 people. He has been an ardent supporter of sending U.S. troops into harm's way even though he avoided serving in Vietnam through student deferments, as well as because of an allegedly bum knee that hasn't hampered his reputation as one of the best golfers in Congress. On a recent appearance on Fox News, he warned that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Really at Stake in Georgia's Senate Runoff | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

...another imam revered by the Shi'ites. Obama's strenuous denials made no difference to these theorists: they simply reasoned that he must be practicing al-Taqqiya, or dissimulation; Shi'ite jurists say believers may conceal their faith from infidels in order to protect themselves from harm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baghdad Scuttlebutt: Pssst! Obama's a Shi'ite | 12/2/2008 | See Source »

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