A 1945 radio series of at least 13 original half-hour episodes ( none of which apparently adapt any Christie stories ) transferred Poirot from London to New York and starred character actor Harold Huber, perhaps better known for his appearances as a police officer in various Charlie Chan films.

The US has sought to encourage the progress of human rights to the country by addressing its concerns directly to the government, as well as holding seminars for better police conduct and judicial conferences with US judeges to improve the rule of law.

Some scientists say that the 2011 Japanese nuclear accidents have revealed that the nuclear industry lacks sufficient oversight, leading to renewed calls to redefine the mandate of the IAEA so that it can better police nuclear power plants worldwide.

In August 1999 the U. S. affiliate of Amnesty International issued a report " Race, Rights & Brutality: Portraits of Abuse in the USA ," prompted by high-profile excessive-force cases involving local and state police in Chicago, New York and other cities, that called on federal officials to better document excessive-force cases and to ensure that the officers responsible are prosecuted.

The NKVD contained the regular, public police force of the USSR ( including traffic police, firefighting, border guards and archives ) but is better known for the activities of the Gulag and the Main Directorate for State Security ( GUGB ), which eventually became the Committee for State Security ( KGB ).

The police, when controlled by 1 person, are far more coordinated and have a better chance of catching Mr. X, which can be difficult if 5 people must work together as the police.

Throughout the better part of its existence, the Fourth International was hounded by agents of the Soviet secret police, repressed by capitalist countries such as France and the United States and rejected by followers of the Soviet Union and later Maoism as illegitimate a position these communists still hold today.

While actual performance of the Black Talon rounds was not significantly better than any other comparable high performance hollow-point ammunition, the reverse taper jacket did provide reliable expansion under a wide range of conditions, and many police departments adopted the round.

This type of plotline provides a better possibility of small groups, like local police and military, or even ordinary civilians, having the ability to repulse the invaders and return to normal life after the event.

The church " was under siege all throughout the day ... uninvited guests stood on chairs and pews to get a better view "; police erected barriers that were broken down and many of those invited could not get a seat.

The students were much better prepared after the occupation of the university, so they presented a much stronger resistance when the police and the army tried to occupy the Polytechnic campuses of Zacatenco and Santo Tomas.

They argue that the potential benefits are better police protection and city beautification services.

Proponents argued that a new city would be able to better control development and provide increased police and fire service, while opponents argued that the new city would increase taxes and redevelop residential neighborhoods for revenue-generating businesses.

In 1666 Séguier was placed at the head of a commission called to simplify the police organization, especially that of Paris ; and the consequent ordinances of 1667 and 1670 for the better administration of justice were drawn up by him.

He believed that passive resistance to " so-called law " could not be effectively carried out without occasional outbreaks of violence, preferably street-fighting in cities rather than in the open fields since the police and soldiers had superior arms and were better trained.

Influenced by the practices in the US, all police officers in external duty are to receive training to become Drug Recognition Experts ( DRE ) to better detect persons under the influence of drugs.

" One police force may appear to have a much better clearance rate because of its calculation methodology.

Washington, Hawke and other cast members also met with undercover police officers, local drug dealers and gang members to help them understand their roles better.

The tactic of wearing identical black clothes and masks meant that the autonomen were better able to resist the police and elude identification.

The majority of Russia's special police officers belong to OMON units, but these are mostly used as riot police and are not considered an elite force, unlike the SOBR ( OMSN ) rapid-response units that are consisting of experienced officers who are better trained and equipped than those of OMON.

" He and Lindenberg moved instead to Malmö in Sweden, which Reich described as " better than a concentration camp ," but he was placed under surveillance when police suspected that the hourly visits of patients to his hotel room meant he was running a brothel, with Lindenberg as the prostitute.

A training program in a depressed area may have few enrollees unless there is some apparent prospect for better employment opportunities afterwards, and the prospect may be poor if the training is aimed solely at jobs in the local community.

If you are not well acquainted with the area in which you wish to locate, or if you are not sure that you and your family will like and make a success of farming, usually you would do better to rent a place for a year or two before you buy.

Hawkcraig Road leads past St Fillan's Church and through Silversand Park, home to Aberdour Shinty Club, en route to the much better parking area on Hawkcraig.

From an architectural point of view, this arrangement could provide better floor area utilisation, offering an internal column-free office area with a clear depth of 9 to 13. 4 metres and an overall usable floor area efficiency of 81 %.

The electrical energy efficiency of a typical industrial induction motor can be improved by: 1 ) reducing the electrical losses in the stator windings ( e. g., by increasing the cross-sectional area of the conductor, improving the winding technique, and using materials with higher electrical conductivities, such as copper ), 2 ) reducing the electrical losses in the rotor coil or casting ( e. g., by using materials with higher electrical conductivities, such as copper ), 3 ) reducing magnetic losses by using better quality magnetic steel, 4 ) improving the aerodynamics of motors to reduce mechanical windage losses, 5 ) improving bearings to reduce friction losses, and 6 ) minimizing manufacturing tolerances.

The White Army controlled the area to the north, which was predominantly agrarian with small or medium-sized farms and tenant farmers, and where crofters were few, or held a better social position than in the south.

They also plot and combine measurements of geological structures in order to better understand the orientations of faults and folds in order to reconstruct the history of rock deformation in the area.

Not only did corned powder keep better because of its reduced surface area, gunners also found that it was more powerful and easier to load into guns.

: " By 1956 – 57 they had completed a military road through the Aksai Chin area to provide better communication between Xinjiang and western Tibet.

The Latter Day Saints were violently driven from the area in late 1833, after protracted conflict with local settlers, but returned in the late 1860s to a much better welcome.

In earlier days the area was better known for hardwood timber and agricultural production.

What is clear is that " Niger " was an appellation applied in the Mediterranean world from at least the Classical era, when knowledge of the area by Europeans was slightly better than fable.

Especially the area of eastern Poland should be better penetrated by airline traffic.

This may include seeking guidance to improve their speaking skills — such as learning better storytelling techniques, for example, or learning how to effectively use humor as a communication tool — as well as continuous research in their topic area of focus.

Tricycle rickshaws ( or better known as trishaw s in Singapore ) are used to ferry tourists around the city area for sightseeing trips.

For digital TV, selectivity is inherently better, therefore channels adjacent ( either to analog or digital stations ) can be used even in the same area.

The new nanostructured forms of conducting polymers particularly, provide fresh air to this field with their higher surface area and better dispersability.

By 1997, 81 % of the developing world's wheat area was planted to semi-dwarf wheats, giving both increased yields and better response to nitrogenous fertilizer.

A lack of data from Thailand, Russia, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa makes it difficult to lay out a clear map of the spread of chickens in these areas ; better description and genetic analysis of local breeds threatened by extinction may also help with research into this area.

The long-rods are able to penetrate a much greater depth of armor, at some loss to BAE, multi-slugs are better at defeating light or area targets and the finned projectiles are much more accurate.

Noricum, in ancient geography, was a Celtic kingdom ( perhaps better described as a federation of, by tradition, twelve tribes ) stretching over the area of today's Austria and a part of Slovenia.

In May 2008, Goodall controversially described Edinburgh Zoo's new primate enclosure as a " wonderful facility " where monkeys " are probably better off those living in the wild in an area like Budongo, where one in six gets caught in a wire snare, and countries like Congo, where chimpanzees, monkeys and gorillas are shot for food commercially.