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...cent of the verified testimonies include incidents of torture. The short list of methods includes repeated kicking or hitting, intentional physical scarring, forcing victims to maintain certain positions, electric shocks to sensitive areas, threats, mock execution, humiliation, forced nudity, sexual assault, witnessing the torture or execution of others, forced Russian roulette, asphyxiation, and imprisonment in inhumane conditions. There are many individuals with permanently distorted limbs or other disfigurations. For others, the memory of the humiliation is what remains. One man testified, “While they interrogated me, they took off my clothes and attached electrodes to my chest...
...bottling the lightning of blogger authenticity is not easy. Many blogosphere activists suspect anyone signing on with a campaign of selling out. And in the era of drum-tight message control, campaigns are not inclined to tolerate the independence bloggers need to maintain their credibility...
...tough shot to save because backhand shots are hard to read.” Struggling to tie it up for Harvard, sophomore Jimmy Fraser pounded a shot from the right and followed up his own rebound, but Schneider stayed on top of the puck to maintain BC’s lead. Despite this adjustment, the Crimson failed to produce any solid offensive in the third period to threaten the Eagles’ chances of attaining victory. “I think we didn’t make enough plays during the game,” Donato said...
...Review" incorrectly stated that Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-Ill.) was elected to lead the Harvard Law Review in 1991, when in fact he became the group's president in 1990. The same article also erroneously referred to the Review's "newsroom." The student-edited legal periodical does not maintain a newsroom at its Gannett House headquarters...
Coca-Cola wants to maintain its reputation with young people and keep them customers for life. University-wide contracts are crucial to this loyalty. A boycott that successfully forced a university’s administration to terminate its contracts and divest in Coca-Cola (which has happened at colleges such as Smith in Amherst, Massachusetts) is a real way for students to do something about the company’s business practices...