Word: lawson
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...Megan is what I would call the consummate professional,” said Brenda Lawson, an SAA representative who sits on the executive board of the Massachusetts Historical Society. “Harvard could have picked no one better for this position. I have never heard anyone say a negative thing about...
...years. Frederick was just short of qualifying for a full pension when he was mobilized last year. Married, with two stepdaughters, ages 14 and 18, Frederick has a civilian job as a guard at a medium-security Virginia prison, where his wife Martha also works. His uncle William Lawson describes him as "very laid back" and "a practical joker." Shoemaker-Davis sees him as a "tough guy," used to being in charge: "He has a very strong personality. He's a prankster and likes to do your typical rude guy things. He's quite the belcher...
...rather than kill them. England, said her sister Jessica Klinestiver, would give money to anyone who needed it. Frederick, his uncle insists, was no prisoner abuser back home but "actually saved the life of a prisoner who was hanging himself. He got him down and got him breathing," says Lawson. "He received an award from the Governor of Virginia...
...photos, says Klinestiver, "I believe they were posed." England's grin, she insists, was aimed at her friends behind the camera, not the humiliated detainees. Lawson contends that the photos were staged so they could be used to intimidate new prisoners. "It was a psychological tool," he insists, to "loosen up these prisoners for these interrogators...
...there are still many who dream of being the next Rocco DiSpirito, Mario Batali or Nigella Lawson, and it is for them that CIA president Ryan says he has some concerns. "Students see Sara Moulton on TV and think they could be doing that in a few short years," he says. "We need to make sure they have realistic expectations." Overall, though, most people view the high hopes and enthusiasm of adolescents as a plus. "If you're going to make it--start young," says Greystone's head baking and pastry instructor Robert Jorin, a decades-long veteran...