Word: interviews
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...claustrophobic read. Alexander didn't do anything for months but eat, sleep and interrogate prisoners. Many of the book's scenes take place in interview booths-Alexander, his partner, an interpreter and the bad guy. It's often gripping, as the participants volley back and forth with verbal attacks, strategies and approaches, making for a surprisingly cerebral war book. That tight focus does, however, leave large gaps. Alexander scarcely discusses the theories behind his interrogation strategy, its derivation or whether the U.S. military continues to use it. Such things are forgotten as the book winds down into a tense...
...Oxford to study applied statistics.” Sheffield additionally plans to study political science in his second year abroad and come back to the U.S. for a Ph.D. in that field. Sheffield found out he had received the scholarship only a day after his interview in Atlanta. “My flight was delayed in Baltimore so I showed up at Harvard, sleep deprived and angry that I had to spend time in Baltimore,” Sheffield said. “It felt like the beginning of a horror movie—trapped in a hotel in Baltimore...
...ceremony’s speakers and multiple standing ovations he received from the packed theatre.“He’s one of a kind,” Senator John F. Kerry, who has been Kennedy’s colleague for 24 years, said in a brief interview after the ceremony. “It’s a privilege to serve with him.”Kennedy was originally scheduled to receive the honor during Commencement last spring in a surprise announcement that came two weeks after the senator was diagnosed with the malignant brain tumor. Because...
...estimate of 22 percent may not fully capture the actual losses from this period, Forst said in an interview yesterday, as some of Harvard’s money is invested with external managers that have yet to report their latest figures. Faust and Forst wrote in yesterday’s letter that the University should plan for a 30 percent drop-off in endowment value for the year ending June...
...premier who many believe is still the real power behind the ruling party, has been convicted and sentenced to two years in jail for conflict of interest over a land deal. He fled the country in August, and has been nation-hopping since then. On Saturday, Thaksin gave an interview to a journalist in Dubai in which he demanded that antigovernment protesters respect the law. "If some people are above the law ... then everything is finished," Thaksin said. If everyone respects the law, he continued, the situation could end soon...