Word: brokenness
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...that Aidid wanted to be President of Somalia someday and . . . well . . . who knows? The buttering-up had one quick result: Aidid's fighters released helicopter pilot Michael Durant, whose terrified face on television had turned many Americans against the whole involvement, and Nigerian soldier Umar Shantali. Durant, suffering from broken bones in the back, leg, arm and face, was flown to an American hospital in Germany. Oakley also made some progress getting neighboring African states, notably Ethiopia and Eritrea, to involve themselves in peacemaking. One project he has been assigned by Clinton is to help organize an African commission...
...tasks of ferreting out problems in the companies which they were picked to operate and fix them. Each one expressed optimism about accomplishing their goals only to face the need for government intervention to prevent collapse. Not one of the three simply acknowledged that his company was too badly broken to be fixed by its own devices...
...against the Bulldogs.“In the 4x100, freshman Chuma Ogunwole was sick and tore his hamstring,” Geloneck said. “We messed up the handoff, and were disqualified.”Rookie Jon Dingus also sat out on the sidelines with either a broken or stress-fractured foot.“I think it’s important to remember that a lot of people on our team are freshmen and sophomores, so we’re a young team,” Geloneck said. “[Yale] had a lot of experience...
...strategy announcement came days after U.S. Navy SEAL snipers killed three pirates who were holding Richard Phillips, the captain of the container vessel Maersk Alabama - the first U.S.-flagged ship to be seized off Somalia. The last-resort military rescue plan was put into action after ransom negotiations had broken down. (Read a brief history of the Navy SEALs...
Taken together, the Suleiman team is hoping that it can do to Lebanon what American mayors such as Rudolph Giuliani did for American cities in the 1990's. Employing a "broken window" theory of governance, they are hoping that by restoring law and order to the basic parts of public life, they can create an appetite among all Lebanese for law and order in all aspects of government...