Word: upon
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Finally, it would be nice if, upon inheriting Paulson's job in January, you provided a bit more coherence to just what exactly you guys are trying to do, and how. I know this is much easier said than done, given the startling rapidity with which things have headed down the drain. But the bailout of Citibank about a week ago makes the point; at the start of this, the so-called TARP (the Troubled Asset Relief Program) was going to be used to buy bad assets from financial institutions. Those institutions could then be recapitalized and, with their balance...
...Force officer Matthew Alexander (a pseudonym) was flown to Iraq in 2006 as part of a small group of military interrogators (or 'gators, as they call themselves) trained to elicit information without resorting to the old methods of control and force. Upon their arrival, Alexander and his team are assigned to the search for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist organization threatening to plunge the country into a violent civil war. Structured around a series of interrogations, How to Break a Terrorist details the battle of wills between 'gators and suspects as well...
...Lowdown:As Alexander points out, much has already been written of the abuses inflicted by the U.S. military upon prisoners under its care. His goal, instead, is to show that it's possible to get results without smashing some guy against the wall or pouring water down his throat. (As Alexander also points out, many in the military did not agree - and still don't.) Originally slated for release months ago, How to Break a Terrorist was held up by a Defense Department review, in which many passages were literally blacked out. Alexander had to sue in order...
...Taney ’09, the manager for the self-dubbed “joke campaign” of Michael C. Koenigs ’09 and Aneliese K. Palmer ’12, said the extended campaign will help his candidates build a grassroots movement that draws largely upon “disillusioned seniors...
...don’t feel like I reached my expectations for myself this year,” Akpan says. “I don’t want to say that I had a bad season, but it’s definitely something I want to improve upon next year.”Part of his disappointment is down to a slow start, in which Akpan failed to score in Harvard’s opening four matches.But Akpan says that while he struggled to find the net, he took the opportunity to improve on the defensive side of the ball...