Word: internment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...aforementioned shooting, the climax of a bizarre episode in Tanganyika, where the author had gone in 1938 to work for the Shell Oil Co. When, a year later, World War II began in Europe, he was pressed into service by the British colonial government. His first job was to intern resident German civilians (Tanganyika was a German territory until the end of World War I). Dahl was supported by a handful of African militiamen, one of whom fired into a man's face when he thought Bwana Roald was threatened...
...admission to junior high was based on an exam. Despite his poor performance in the humanities, he took the exam and, of course, scored the highest of any of the students. After high school, he earned a place in a program to send Chinese engineers to intern with American companies...
Beyond the intern program, TIME supports and encourages young writers and artists through an annual essay contest for high school and college students. Earlier this year, six TIME writers and art directors judged entries from around the country and awarded five $5,000 and three $500 college scholarships to high school and college competitors. The grants were for essays and illustrations that best demonstrated skill at comprehending and discussing topics arising from the news. Of course, crisp and clear presentation counted too. Says Staff Writer Janice Castro, who helped judge the competition: "We were looking for an ability to think...
Bhargava spent his free time last year as an intern at Africa Report, a magazine devoted to stories about that continent's politics...
After a little while--it seemed like forever--some doctor, probably only an intern, who didn't even have the decency to hang a comforting, prestigious diploma on the wall of his office, took me to the operating room, probably disinfected with Lysol, and sewed the detached attachments back on to my torso--probably with an old knitting needle and a piece of string he found on the floor...