Word: collection
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...what we had to do was go in, recover this tank and try to tentatively figure out who was in it and collect all the evidence. This was all done at a time when there were a lot of insurgents in the area. There were thousands of people on either side of the road, so we had to do crowd control in order to give ourselves room to do our work. We had the crowd pushing forward, so we had to push them back. And there were rooftops everywhere. It was a very sticky situation. But we ended up recovering...
...does that work? We don't do any positive ID because we're not a laboratory. We're sort of like the field application for those guys. We'd go and collect any evidence we can - dog tags, nameplates, paperwork. You would think that it'd be so simple, but it's not always so simple. Some guy could have a name tape on his blouse that says "Jackson," but you know when you're out in Iraq, clothes can sometimes be hard to come by, so sometimes you'd get a buddy loaning his shirt to another buddy...
...fresh idea comes from Eric Dinallo, the New York state insurance superintendent, who in a March 3 Wall Street Journal op-ed suggested that insurance commissioners mediate the ratings process, since insurers are among the largest buyers of rated bonds. Regulators would collect a fee from insurance outfits and then use the money to buy ratings for everyone to use. If the ratings proved too rosy over time - or inaccurate in another way - regulators would switch to a different ratings company...
...quick to laughingly affirm that she will not be on the committee who decides the fate of her pieces. Students will be able to submit work through March 30, the first day back after spring break. Wang and Spies-Gans hope that this deadline will allow artists to collect pieces from their homes over the break to submit to the show. The show is unconventional in that all of the profits of each work will go to the respective artist; the show’s organizers will not collect commissions off the sales. The selection committee, however, will specifically chose...
Sleep apnea has been linked to obesity, which can encourage fat deposits to collect around the throat, making the airway more susceptible to collapse, said Atul Malhotra, the medical director of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Sleep Disorders Program...