Word: jointness
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...fraught with drama. Indeed, the only excitement yesterday came in the Best Film voting, when The Queen and United 93, which reconstructs some of the chaos and heroism of 9/11, were tied after four ballots. A brief debate arose: Should we vote yet again, or proclaim the two films joint winners? After all, said the Village Voice's Jim Hoberman, "they're the same film...
...prime example of the "Rumsfeld man," in the opinion of citics, is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Peter Pace. The first Marine to hold the chairmanship and a decorated Vietnam veteran, Pace has the background of a courageous warrior. But active duty and retired officers contend that Pace, who was vice chairman before Rumsfeld backed him to take over the top post last year, has been blindly supportive of Rumsfeld, going out of his way to praise...
...raid with Hashim--the first such joint operation since Iraqi police were allowed back into the district--was typically disquieting. The house, it turns out, was empty. Grim and the other U.S. soldiers walked away uncertain about what had happened. It could have been an honest mistake, but the Americans couldn't help wondering whether Hashim was really looking for "terrorists," as he claimed. Maybe he was looking for a Sunni family to rough up, Grim says. Or perhaps the raid was just a diversion to keep U.S. troops busy while crimes were committed elsewhere in the neighborhood...
...Many say that as their visibility has increased, so have measures deployed to control them. Earlier this year the All China Lawyers Association, a national organization that attorneys are required to join, issued new guidelines stipulating that law firms should assign only "politically qualified" lawyers to handle cases involving joint litigation by 10 or more plaintiffs or issues related to safeguarding rights. Lawyers taking such cases were ordered to "accept supervision and guidance" or else be subject to punishment. According to a lawyer involved in the drafting of that document, "the original was intended to increase protection for lawyers...
...mail. “Sadly, the PSC refused...and insisted on proceeding with another of their politically charged vigils,” Rohr wrote. In turn, HSI organized a solidarity gathering to show support for Israel. The Progressive Jewish Alliance (PJA) had proposed that HSI and PSC sign a joint statement of commitment to a “just peace.” “We decided this was inappropriate,” the PSC wrote in a statement, adding that the term “just peace” was not clearly defined, and that their vigils were...