Sidney Rittenberg (2)

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Sidney Rittenberg Sr, Solitary Torture. Washington Post, Jan 26, 2012 (op-ed).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/op ... QA2VX6TQ_story.html

Note:
(a) hasp (n)
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hasp
(an illustration)
(b) The "regulation" in "regulation sleep hours" is an adjective (not a noun) that means
"conforming to regulations : OFFICIAL"
www.m-w.com
(c) The article stated, "I was supposed to have 30 minutes a day in a roofless cell from which one could see the sky and perhaps even get a bit of sunshine. This was honored mainly in the breach."

breach (n): "a leap especially of a whale out of water"

What it meant is the author would get sunshine only if he jumped up.
(d) The author wrote, "Earlier, I had been locked in solitary for six years."

solitary (n): "solitary confinement in prison <put him in solitary>"

(e) In my posting yesterday, the Sydney Rittenberg's writing was one in the "My First Trip to China" series of Hong Kong Economic Journal.
http://www.hkej.com/template/features/html/first_trip/index.jsp