Most of the prisoners told the interpreter that they are from Mandingo.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by that, but I couldn't prove that that was wrong; so we're clearer about that.
I get a lot of letters from prisoners. They say things you can't imagine.
Whether they know it or not, most American playgoers owe an incalculably great debt to translators. Were it not for their work, comparatively few of us would be able to enjoy the plays of Chekhov, Ibsen or Moliere.
Since my Japanese isn't very good, I had to have an interpreter to communicate with most of the crew.
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies.
Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.
Prisoners around the world have said that reading 'The Count of Monte Cristo' helped them get through their ordeal. That's something to aspire to.
If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of war?
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.