“Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has engaged in attacks on Coalition forces, the Geneva Convention permits the use of more coercive interrogation approaches to prevent future attacks.” IfsUseForceClearMembersApproachEngagedPermitArticlesConventionsCiviliansCoalitionsArmed ForcesInterrogationGenevaGeneva Convention Author:John Yoo
“A convention was drawn up on June 17, 1925, in which the principle of supervision, as opposed to that of simple propaganda, was recognized, thanks to the efforts of the labour members, of whom I was one.” SimpleEffortPrinciplesMembersThanksPropagandaLabourConventionsJuneSupervision Author:Leon Jouhaux
“I think they clearly do not fit within the prescriptions of the Geneva Convention. It's hard for me to see how members of al Qaeda could be considered prisoners of war.” ThinkingWarHardFitMembersAlsPrisonerConventionsPrescriptionsAl QaedaGenevaPrisoner Of WarGeneva Convention Author:Eric Holder
“Every day that goes by shortens our opportunity of booking it successfully. Whether it's members pulling their condos for personal use, whether it's a convention booking our conference center, whether it's golf packages being booked .. not hearing makes it that much harder to accommodate them.” BookUseOpportunityMembersHarderGolfHearingConventionsPullingConferencesPackagesAccommodate Author:Bill Vaughan
“The member of a culture ... purposely avoids the relationship of intimacy; he wants the object somehow depicted and fictionalized. ... He is embarrassed when this is taken out of its context of proper sentiments and presented bare, for he feels that this is a reintrusion of that world which his whole conscious effort has sought to banish. Forms and conventions are the ladder of ascent. And hence the speechlessness of the man of culture when he beholds the barbarian tearing aside some veil which is half adornment, half concealment.” MenWorldWantFeelsWholeFormCultureEffortHalfTakenObjectsHe ManMembersConsciousIntimacySentimentsConventionsEmbarrassedVeilsLaddersBarbariansAscentConcealmentAdornment Author:Richard M. Weaver
“I'm the only member of SFWA in Nebraska, but I don't pine away for the companionship of other science fiction writers. I [go] to very few conventions. I'm quite willing to be that eccentric who has a very odd job, quite happy to be the only science fiction writer in town.” JobsFictionWillingMembersTownsScience FictionOddConventionsCompanionshipEccentricFiction WritersNebraskaOdd Jobs Author:Robert Reed
“The proportion of [Donald's Trump] own direct family members who are speaking [on the Republican National Convention] is high to an unprecedented degree and a proportion of sort of figures of policy substance is unprecedentedly low. But the word unprecedentedly can be applied to simply everything that's happening this year.” YearsFiguresPolicyTrumpRepublicanMembersDegreesLowsHappeningsDirectSubstanceProportionConventionsUnprecedentedFamily Members Author:Mark Colvin