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...would be easy to dismiss Muqtada al-Sadr as little more than a street punk. That may be a mistake when dealing with a man who appears to have established himself as the de facto ruler of a huge chunk of Baghdad - the Shiite ghetto once known as Saddam City, now renamed Sadr City in honor of Muqtada's uncle, the legendary martyred anti-Saddam rebel cleric Muhammad Bakir al Sadr. Sadr City could be described as the Compton of Iraq, but its 2 million residents make up 8 percent of Iraq's entire population. A substantial domain, then...
...drugs called vasodilators, which act to keep blood vessels open, do not appear to prevent heart attacks in women, as you would expect if spasms were the primary problem. Still, there are enough other ways in which small vessels may be involved that researchers aren't yet ready to dismiss their role...
...current law already guards against frivolous lawsuits by sanctioning lawyers who file them. And our civil justice system exists to distinguish “politically motivated” claims without merit from those where damages are in order. Judges exercising good discretion will dismiss frivolous suits when they arise...
...second motion requested that Mercedes be placed on “pretrial probation”—a six-month period during which his behavior would be monitored by the court, after which a judge could dismiss criminal charges...
...becomes more and more of a craps shoot each year. Highly qualified students who would surely be great additions to Harvard’s incoming class—and no-doubt look sharp in Crimson—might not get into their binding early decision schools. Harvard should not dismiss them before they’ve even applied...