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...does it mean to be "nice" to a subject under interrogation? ... It means, ideally, getting to know the subject better than he knows himself and then manipulating him by role-playing, flattering, misleading, and nudging his or her perception of the truth slightly off center. The goal is to turn the subject around so that he begins to see strong logic and even wisdom in acting against his own comrades and cause...
...ultimate goal is to prevent abuse in the first place, says Widom, and to protect the well-being of children who have been victimized. "It would be wrong to assume that all maltreated children are going to turn out to have all of these problems," she says...
...first trip to the Harvard-Cornell match-up, we were able to pick out a number of other “firsts” during the roadtrip experience. The biggest of such moments came when the snow began to come down outside of Syracuse, something that can turn a leisurely six hour drive beside pastoral farms into a 10 mile-per-hour crawl down a road where you cannot even identify the lane in which you’re driving. Encountering one of Central New York’s lake effect snowstorms still could not steal the fun away, because...
...within Pakistani territory. This is a revelation that will surprise few Indians and provide fresh political capital to others. Already, the Shiv Sena, a Hindu nationalist group based in Mumbai, has openly declared that it won't allow Pakistani artists to perform in the city. Even ordinary civilians are turning hawkish. "We need to tell them that enough is enough," says Sheikh Noor Ahmed, who owns a hotel close to the bombed-out Taj Mahal here in South Mumbai. "Gandhi's days are gone. Gone are the times when we'd turn the other cheek if someone slapped...
...with Siedlecki gone, where does Yale turn? It's not as easy as you might think to find a quality coach in the Ivies, given the recruiting restrictions, relatively low profile, and comparatively low coaching salaries...