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Critics charge that the U.S. command did everything it could to protect American soldiers at the expense of an effective peacemaking mission. The Marines refused to take on the task of forcible disarmament on any large scale, even with their superior firepower. U.S. soldiers did not intervene in the worst fighting in the port city of Kismayu in February, opting instead for a "show of force" that accomplished nothing. Marines avoided forays beyond the town of Bardera because it would have placed them at risk from land mines and marauding gunmen...
Hogue is due back in court on May 21, Reilly said. The case may proceed directly to Superior Court, where Hogue could face multiple counts of felony charges of larceny greater than $250, Rooney said
...reasons for the discrepancies: first, that minorities are forced to commit so much time working on race-relations that they have less time to study; second, that different ethnic groups are subjected to different family and social pressures that influence their motivation to achieve academically; and third, that the superior performance of Asians and whites reflects their socio-economic advantage...
...Mitsui Manufacturers Bank came to Harvard to find him. Last month, they filed suit in Middlesex County Superior Court seeking to recover the $2.7 million in damages he owed as part of the Los Angeles suit. Charging that he might flee Massachusetts if he learned about the new suit, the bank filed an ex parte motion which sought to dock his Harvard paycheck...
...preliminary ruling, Middlesex Superior Court Judge Paul A. Chernoff ordered Harvard to withhold Epstein's salary for one week...