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Many professors complain that the rushed, oblique process prevented adequate discussion from taking place, leaving their voices unheard or, at best, under-represented in the final report, issued this April...
...prisoners, detainees under U.S. supervision in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and at undisclosed other locations have been stripped naked, covered with hoods, deprived of sleep and light, and made to stand or sit in painful positions for extended periods. Some have been drugged. Sexual humiliation is not unheard of. Even the Federal Bureau of Prisons has lent a hand in this enterprise. According to a Justice Department inspector-general's report, Muslim detainees at the Brooklyn, N.Y., Metropolitan Detention Center after 9/11 were physically and verbally abused by some staff members. Meanwhile, there have been at least...
...largest airline were barely on speaking terms. The only time they really talked was over the bargaining table. But in a classroom dotted with inspirational posters (JUST BECAUSE THE SITUATION IS TENSE ... YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE!), managers from American Airlines sat down recently to do something unheard of--exchange ideas with employees. From the back, a consultant acting as a "marriage counselor" observed silently as flight attendants and pilots, airport workers and reservationists, and even skycaps made suggestions about how to improve service for American's premium passengers. The rancor of early meetings was gone, replaced by--what...
...Melvin. “We wanted to bring it to another level, we wanted to push the envelope as far as it could go.” The push for a larger event was threefold, explains Melvin: more recognition for BlackCAST, lending a voice to talent that often goes unheard and just having...
...stockings. But he was interested in the work of mid-century furniture designers like Charles Eames, Arne Jacobsen and Russel Wright. Eventually Kamprad turned his focus to mail-order catalogs and stores that could sell his wares on a mass scale. At the time, cash-and-carry furniture was unheard of, as was the idea that all Ikea products--from furniture to the now famous mobile kitchens--could be packed in flat, stackable boxes that could be mailed or transported and reassembled at home. Furniture shopping has never been the same since Kamprad threw his wrench into the system...