Word: ilan
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...subjected to extreme heat or cold, deprived of light or dark, made to squat in painful positions, questioned and fed at irregular intervals, kept awake for hours on end. Most important is confinement in isolation, divorced from all that is familiar. "Human beings want to control their environment," says Ilan Kutz, an Israeli psychiatrist who has treated former captives. "If you can't control it, you lose the coordinates of the self." This, of course, is the plan. It sets the stage for a good cop--bad cop strategy in which the captive comes to depend on the supposed ally...
...include Paloma A. Zepeda ’06 , chair of the internships committee; Daniel A. Dunay ’06, chair of the Harvard Political Union; Guillermo A. Coronado ’05, chair of the projects committee; Andrew J. Frank ’05, chair of conference committee; Ilan T. Graff ’05, chair of the study groups committee; James L. Granger ’05, chair of the outreach committee; and Elizabeth A. Goldschmidt ’06, chair of the Forum Committee...
...last contribution listed is even more unbelievable, especially since there have been many great Israelis who made great contributions to the world. Ilan Ramon helped destroy Iraq’s nuclear reactor in 1981, saving the world from unimaginable trouble today. In the arts, Yitzhak Perlman is recognized as one of the world’s great violinists. Natalie Portman ’03 is a talented actress. Even Simmons had some catchy songs...
...ending about 11 min. before the ship was destroyed--shows the astronauts just where they ought to have been that late in the mission, with commander Rick Husband, pilot William McCool and crew members Laurel Clark and Kalpana Chawla strapped into their seats on the main flight deck. Crewmates Ilan Ramon, David Brown and Michael Anderson were out of view, similarly belted into place on the middeck below. When the tape begins, Chawla and Clark are finishing their suiting up, while Husband and McCool are busy flying the ship...
DIED. Astronauts MICHAEL ANDERSON, 43, DAVID BROWN, 46, KALPANA CHAWLA, 41, LAUREL CLARK, 41, RICK HUSBAND, 45, WILLIAM MCCOOL, 41, and ILAN RAMON, 48--the first Israeli in space; when the space shuttle Columbia broke up as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere; over Texas. (See story page...