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...doubt that at least in some cases torture did save lives - probably a few conspiracies may have been broken up. In the meantime, how many tens of thousands of Muslims have been radicalized against the U.S. because of Abu Ghraib and reports of other instances of our use of torture? Some of those newly radicalized may be plotting more 9/11s. And many have already killed large numbers of Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan in suicide bombings, guerrilla warfare and other attacks. Geoff Pietsch, Gainesville...
...Please stop quoting U.S. college graduates like Graham Boyd - whom I would have failed in primary school - who massacre English: "Searching a backpack is dramatically different than [from] asking a student to take their [his or her] clothes off" [Verbatim, May 4]. It's, like, embarrassing, man, when you use TIME to teach people English. Frank O'Meara, L'ISLE-ADAM, FRANCE
When we arrived, we were shown the room - four beds, three along one wall and the other in a corner, two windows with vinyl draperies - that Noah would share with three other boys. My parents signed some paperwork and showed the staff how to use the rice cooker they were donating so that Noah could still eat his favorite food. My mother had sewn labels into all his clothes and prepared a huge stack of gyoza dumplings for him. My parents were given additional forms to sign, including one that allowed the use of "aversives" - hits, slaps, spankings...
...said. "At the end of the day, it is not us who have problems paying." Yet, observers see Medvedev's comment as more of a barb than as a viable suggestion. "I would be surprised if the E.U. felt that [helping Ukraine purchase gas from Russia] was an appropriate use of their funds," says Niall Trimble, director of The Energy Contract Company, a consulting company based in England. "In order to rebuild relations, Russia needs a period of uninterrupted supply for a significant time. Action always speaks louder than words and the Russians do have a little bit of work...
...Israelis want to limit the diplomatic time frame out of fear that Iran will use open-ended talks as a cover for expanding its nuclear infrastructure. After all, even the Bush Administration had, in its final years, backed away from demanding that Iran suspend uranium enrichment as a precondition for talks, and Obama is unlikely to resuscitate a position to which the Iranians have shown no intention to concede. Instead, he seeks to create the most favorable conditions for diplomacy to work, because the alternatives are so unpalatable. Military strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities are deemed...