Word: mannerize
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...mail Scrushy sent out encouraging employees to shred sensitive documents in a timely manner...
...really expected to believe that treating a detainee like a dog, depriving him of sleep and making him dance with a box over his head are going to lead to credible intelligence? I bet that most people, if treated in such a perverse manner for a prolonged period of time, would tell their interrogators what they wanted to hear. I find it significant that when Detainee 063 finally confessed to al-Qaeda involvement, he stated he was doing it "to get out of here." The interrogation techniques currently used by the U.S. on suspected terrorists appear unethical and outrageous...
...series of short true-crime books that involve high collars and hatchets rather than tracksuits and handguns, Geary tells his stories in the manner of a neutral but determined investigator sorting through the facts. Past books have covered such well-known cases as the Lizzie Borden murders, and lesser-known stories such as The Mystery of Mary Rogers. But no previous volume involves a story of nearly the historical magnitude of The Murder of Abraham Lincoln (80 pages; $16), perhaps the single most famous killing of its century. Combining his expert skills as a longtime cartoonist with a polished narrative...
...What was most striking, though, was their manner-unfailingly polite, patient and eager to help. This, I was told, is the Philippines' unique strength in outsourcing. Filipinos are not famed for their brilliance at telemarketing, which requires pushiness, but they are prized when it comes to the gentler art of customer service. The nation's other outsourcing edge is more basic: it has a large population of English speakers who will work for relatively meager salaries. A top agent in Manila might be paid $2.65 an hour, perhaps a quarter of what someone in a call center...
...such classics as Little Caesar (1930), The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942), The Rainmaker (1956) and True Grit (1969); of complications from diabetes; in Rancho Mirage, Calif. A moviemaker without eccentricities who could cut a deal as deftly as he cut a film, Wallis hid under his phlegmatic manner a keen intelligence and an uncanny eye for talent. Among his discoveries: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Shirley MacLaine...