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...include waterboarding, and that nothing was recorded on video after 2002. That claim is now coming under additional scrutiny, in part due to a classified briefing that will soon be delivered to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Sources say lawyers representing one current Guantanamo detainee plan to present evidence that he was subjected to videotaped interrogation, in addition to unspecified "systematic torture" when he was held in secret CIA prisons. The lawyers, from the Center for Constitutional Rights, a New York-based legal non-profit with a long record of advocacy for prisoners at Guantanamo, have asserted in court...
...able find out about a new update to Harvard’s alcohol policy is from their fellow students. Harvard is implementing a new set of rules regarding private and public parties, which mandate that students register large events three weeks in advance and that Beverage Authorization Teams be present at those parties that serve alcohol. They also impose strict regulations on advertising of alcoholic events. These policies are part of a “working draft” that was presented to the Committee on House Life last Thursday, and they will be included in the Student Handbook only...
...time to let up.” Kennedy, who asked Massachusetts voters to anoint Obama heir to the Kennedy legacy, twice began to refer to Obama as “Deval” before correcting himself. Harvard College and Law School students were present at the rally, and some had been volunteering throughout the afternoon. One Harvard freshman said she arrived at 11:30 a.m. to wait in line. Young people and students made up a significant portion of the crowd. MBTA worker and former Everett City Councillor Michael J. Mangan, who watched attendees stream out of the World Trade...
...these systems could continue to exceed estimates by billions of dollars if DOD continues to employ the same acquisition practices, including those for quality, as it has in the past," it said. "Excessive scrap, rework, and repair costs, as well as reliability problems impact overall quality and could ultimately present serious consequences on a weapon system's long-term support costs and affordability...
...steamed buns, are popular because they are cheap or soft. "Toasted buns are too hard for them," says manager Hayato Akasako. "They like the Filet-o-Fish and the shrimp burger." Akasako also says the elderly don't shy from trying new things. Upon ordering, some of them now present downloaded electronic coupons on the screens of their mobile phones, even if they occasionally don't know how to use them, he says...