Word: mannerisms
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...chief of state. A strongman accused of committing horrific crimes, and not even in his own country, but one next door. It's being held at the crossroads of international justice, in the Hague. And we're showing that we can do it in a fair and transparent manner. That sends a signal to every chief of state in the world. This is not some guy down the pecking order. We were not able to finish with Milosevic [who died mid-trial]. This is international justice on trial. And we are working very hard to ensure that it acquits itself...
...book about the Taliban, says the recent cease-fire is merely the calm before the storm. "The Taliban do not stop at one demand," explains Rashid. "All this points to a collapse of will of both the army and the government to deal with this in a more logical manner...
...culture or subculture. But this influence may be different in different situations. For example, according to the local culture, it might be okay to cheat on a test in school but not okay to cheat in sports. Socialization adapts children to their culture - they learn to behave in the manner approved by their culture...
...failing to provide much competition for Trinity.Eliot Buchanan challenged the Bantam’s Parth Sharma in the second set in a heated 10-8 contest, but the Crimson sophomore couldn’t overtake Sharma and fell 3-0. The rest of the team lost in the same manner, including the Crimson’s No. 1 player, West, who was the only Harvard competitor to beat the Bantams earlier this month. Trinity’s Baset Chaudhry fended off West in the first game, 9-6, before he cruised to easy victories in the next two games...
...only secret society at the school either: others include the Scroll and Key, Wolf's Head, Berzelius and Book and Snake, all of which like keeping tabs on one another, some in the form of dossiers that include "reliability ratings." Each group picks its members in a highly confidential manner and subjects them to rounds of occult hazing rituals - what pledging a fraternity might be like, perhaps, at Hogwarts...