Word: occurance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...simultaneously; la parrilla (the metal grill) is an electrical shock administered to the genitals; el submarino or la banera (the submarine or the bath) is a treatment in which the victim's head is held under water almost to the point of suffocation. Says Grantham: "Torture does not occur simply because individual torturers are sadistic. They tend to be servants of a state carrying out a state policy...
...years ago. And, more importantly, the statement illustrates two problematic elements in the Reagan world view. First, foreign policy should not be "run"; rather, it must be formulated with consideration to various perspectives, national and global, and to long term implications. Furthermore, in a democracy, foreign policy formulation must occur against a backdrop of opinion from a minimum of 535 people and, ideally, with participation from the general population...
...weapons within this area be immediately ceased. If the experiments...should be judged absolutely necessary for the eventual well being of all people of this world...all possible precautionary measures to be taken (and) all human beings and their valuable possessions be transported to safe distances before such explosions occur...
...spectacular walk to the satellite should take about ten minutes. The most breathtaking moment will occur when Nelson threads his way past Solar Max's 7-ft.-long solar panels, which are slicing through space like slow-motion helicopter blades (the satellite rotates once every 6 min.). If Nelson can dodge this orbital buzz saw without incident, he will try to halt Solar Max's spin...
What happens, I asked, if the President makes such a demand and Walesa remains in prison and the reforms do not occur? The President had already sent a strongly worded letter to Brezhnev over the hot line. Jeane Kirkpatrick, not unnaturally, wished to take the Polish question into the United Nations. I urged the President not to render Western action subject to a Soviet veto in the Security Council, and he accepted my advice. Sanctions against the Soviet Union and the Jaruzelski government, even a total embargo by the West, were discussed. "If Defense has its way," I told...