Word: manuals
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...From the earliest days of his quest for the presidency, Obama said that he would eliminate the CIA's controversial power to employ secret, harsher methods in the interrogations of detainees. "As President, I will abide by statutory prohibitions, and have the Army Field Manual govern interrogation techniques for all United States Government personnel and contractors," he told the Boston Globe, in a December 2007 interview. (See a Who's Who of Obama's cabinet here...
...remains unclear whether Napolitano hopes to move FEMA out of DHS. That's an option advocated by many emergency-management experts since the Katrina debacle, but the Homeland Security transition manual published this month by two think tanks, including the one led by Obama transition chief John D. Podesta, recommends shelving that decision until late...
...Sichuan disaster zone, Yang says he doesn't have much difficultly finding work. Indeed, the extent of rebuilding still required means he can expect construction jobs for years to come. His 50-year-old father works with him, but the family worries about how long he can handle manual labor. So Luo runs her small shop to save money for a life beyond a gray box. "We don't have plans," she says. "We don't know where we will go. Right now the most important thing is money...
...work on reconstruction projects. Although unemployment is as high as 80% in some areas of the Sichuan disaster zone, Yang says he doesn't have much difficulty finding jobs. Indeed, his 50-year-old father works with him, but the family wonders how much longer the father can handle manual labor. So Luo runs her small shop to save money for the future. "We don't have plans," she says. "We don't know where we will go. Right now the most important thing is money...
...17th century, Hargis discussed the importance of asymmetry in Baroque performance practice and used examples from the “handbooks” of the time, including “Chirologia: or the Natural Language of the Hand” and “Chironomia: or the Art of Manual Rhetoric.” Both of these volumes dealt with the significance of minute hand gestures, details which would have been noticed by almost all 17th century audiences. When asked about the importance of these subtle hand gestures in a contemporary performance, Hargis said, “The bigger issues...