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  • William Walling is Professor of English at Rutgers University.

    About this Hypertext and the Contributors 2000

  • For example, when he or anyone else ever mentions "Walling", implying that they might in fact be referring to the relatively benign interrogation technique "Walking" (which, with the advent of this recent disclosure, they would prefer us to believe) they are in fact actually referring to the practice of smashing a prisoner against a wall until said prisoner, you know, cooperates.

    Steven Weber: Dick Cheney: We Done Him Wrong 2009

  • "Walling" involves standing the detainee up against a "flexible false wall," pulling the detainee forward and "quickly and firmly" pushing the detainee into the wall, according to one memo.

    CIA Memos Released; Immunity for Harsh Tactics 2009

  • Now consider "Walling," a technique that Mr. Bybee's memo

    Buck Naked Politics 2009

  • 'Walling' involved use of a plastic neck collar to slam suspects into a specially-built wall that the CIA said made the impact sound worse than it actually was.

    Top Stories - Google News 2009

  • 'Walling' involved use of a plastic neck collar to slam suspects into a specially-built wall that the CIA said made the impact sound worse than it actually was.

    Blogbot - forsiden 2009

  • Nancy Compson Trumble (b. 1896) married Leonard B. Cox in 1925, and subsequently engaged Edna Walling to create a beautiful garden at Folly Farm at Olinda, in the Dandenong Ranges, just outside Melbourne.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • In 1962 Cox had moved with his wife to the family cottage at Olinda, the grounds of which he had further developed by the great Edna Walling.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • Walling Off Data Sometimes it's not enough to erase data after a phone is out of a worker's hands.

    So You Want to Use Your iPhone for Work? Uh-oh. Roger Cheng 2011

  • Soon, Bosch is in a race against time, not only against the culprits, but also against the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI (in the form of Harrys one-time lover Rachel Walling), who are convinced that this case is too important for the likes of the LAPD.

    The Overlook by Michael Connelly: Book summary 2010

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