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...normal circumstances, I could condemn the slaughtering of the American, but we are living in abnormal circumstances. I cannot condemn it now." Nour al-Huda Zaki, Egyptian newspaper columnist, responding to Berg's killing...
...label those implicated as "bad apples." As President Bush put it, they are an exceptional "few" whose actions "do not reflect the nature of the men and women who serve our country." The families and friends of the accused, of course, say the very opposite is true: these are normal, patriotic Americans who put their lives on the line to serve their country but went astray because they followed orders. Psychologists and historians who study torture give what is probably the most disturbing explanation of all: they are us. For under certain circumstances, almost anyone has the capacity to commit...
...requirements, reducing the amount of cash available for loans, and the central government is trying to curb rampant unauthorized development by local governments, promising punishment for those who ignore stop signs. Late last month, several Communist Party officials and a Bank of China manager were fired after they bypassed normal procedures to get loans for a steel plant in Jiangsu province...
...earned a Ph.D. in human genetics at age 42. Her dissertation topic: syndromes of the 18th chromosome. Today this former homemaker and president of her local embroiderers' guild conducts genetic research at the University of Texas Health Science Center. Her work has helped raise Elizabeth's IQ into the normal range and has provided a model for helping the approximately 500 other kids in the U.S. with the same defect. Cody also set up the Chromosome 18 Registry and Research Society--a foundation that connects affected families with one another and funds research...
...business people mix with sons and daughters of the people on the local estate, and they all spend most of their teens smoking weed and trying to find love or sex." He adds simply: "I'm not working class. I'm just a young bloke who lives in a normal world." He sees none of this as contradiction. "I've got nothing in common with Snoop Doggy Dog but he portrays a really exciting life," Skinner argues. "Even though you don't identify with him you find it fascinating." Unlike Snoop's work, A Grand is a, well, concept album...