Word: resistible
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...Gitmo, however, dead prisoners are something the U.S. military wishes devoutly to avoid. So force-feeding has been standard policy at the camp ever since hunger strikes began in early 2002. The facility's top physicians have also told TIME that prisoners who resist are subjected to especially harsh methods. In one case, according to medical records obtained by TIME, a 20-year old named Yusuf al-Shehri, jailed since he was 16, was regularly strapped into a specially designed feeding chair that immobilizes the body at the legs, arms, shoulders and head. Then a plastic tube that...
...night, more than 60 earnest young kids are sleeping on the land in tents. They have written the phone number of the farm's lawyers on their arms, and are ready to resist eviction by the sheriff's office, which conducts nightly reconnaissance in circling helicopters. Farmers cook dinner for the protestors, massagers massage them and famous people play music for them - tonight it's the guy from Rage Against the Machine, shiatsu and some delicious homemade soy-milk hot chocolate. During the day, there are pop-ins from celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Willie Nelson, Martin Sheen, Danny Glover...
...Administration has a keen interest in keeping detainees alive, even against their will. Force feeding has long been standard policy for hunger strikes at Gitmo, which first began in 2002. The facility's top physicians have told TIME that prisoners who resist are subjected to what critics call especially forceful methods. According to medical records obtained by TIME, a 20-year-old named Yusuf al-Shehri, jailed since he was 16, was regularly strapped into a specially designed feeding chair that immobilizes the body at the legs, arms, shoulders and head. Then a plastic tube, sometimes as much...
...byline, as seasoned journalists call it. The possibility of having one’s name in bold type at the top of an article—or the masthead—was something that attracted many people, including me.But over time, I also learned that it was better to resist than to give in to the temptation of the pedestal. I saw that the best leaders were those who were willing to lean on others for support, and, in turn, willing to lend their support where and when it was most needed. As a freshman reporter on The Crimson, nothing...
...Democratic. Predicted chaos, however, did not arise in this non-election year. The paper managed to steer a moderate course, somewhat to the left of President Eisenhower, and considerably to the right of former President Truman. While we took comparatively few swipes at the president himself, we could not resist his Secretary of State. Concerning the most pressing national question of all—the alleged “natural superiority of the Ivy League”—we agreed with Holiday Magazine that it was, but thought it wasn’t very...