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...torture of prisoners has stained the American character, and President George W. Bush's nomination of Gonzales as Attorney General has made that stain indelible. Mary G. Nocella Wayne, New Jersey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

...find self-preservation preferable to the possibility of being driven from office for doing the right thing. Gregory Nelson Joseph Glendale, Arizona, U.S. The torture of prisoners has stained the American character, and President Bush's nomination of Gonzales as Attorney General has made that stain indelible. Mary G. Nocella Wayne, New Jersey, U.S. The aggressive interrogation of suspected terrorists in our custody has probably led to critical intelligence gains, possibly thwarting other cowardly terrorist attacks on civilians. I am grateful for leaders who are willing to revise the interrogation policy and look at the larger picture. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 2/6/2005 | See Source »

...MARY G. NOCELLA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 7, 2005 | 1/30/2005 | See Source »

Drawing Ballots. Distribution day dawned brightly. Ente Sila workers had been up all night to complete the papers for the drawing. The villagers gathered in the square. A beribboned six-year-old girl dipped her hand into a box and drew out the first name: Vincenzo Nocella. But Nocella had not come to the meeting because he did not believe the land would ever be distributed. Patient, tired Ente Sila functionaries smiled. Then the child drew a plot for Nocella. The crowd was sharply attentive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Bear Must Die | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

...good and less good zones. The best is an irrigable portion called Maestria because it needs skill to work it. The least desirable includes the land of San Francesco e Marucaro and some parts of Vallegrande. Then there are the middling lands, the Cuocino, partly dotted with olive groves. Nocella drew a poor San Francesco plot. A long sigh went through the crowd. The next name drew a middling plot. The crowd lost some of its tenseness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Bear Must Die | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

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